IO THE NEW METHOD 



"The Clintonia is a very beautiful plant. It is 

 generally found in damp woods. It grows nearly a 

 foot high. At the to£> it bears four or five large 

 nodding flowers. The Clintonia grows in the six 

 New, England States, and westerly to the Mississippi 

 River." Bessie. 



"The Sanguinaria plant, or Blood Root, is very 

 beautiful. It grows in very rich, damp soil, and 

 blossoms quite early. The sap of the roots and of all 

 other parts of the plant is red and bitter. The leaf 

 has eight lobes, and there are rounded sinuses be- 

 tween them. The flower is white. It has two sepals, 

 eight petals, and about twenty-four stamens." 



Ida. 



"The Uvularia is a very interesting plant. It 

 grows in damp shady places and is about eight inches 

 high. Near the top it divides into two parts. One 

 part has only leaves — the other part has leaves and 

 one large flower. The flower has six light yellow 

 petals nearly an inch long." Susie. 



" The Potentilla argentea is a very small plant. It 

 grows in dry, hard ground where most other plants 

 never grow. This little plant has very pretty yellow 

 flowers from June till September. The flower has 

 five sepals, five petals, and many stamens. Each 

 leaf has five leaflets. The under side of the leaf is 



