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butterflies, that just live for one summer they are 

 annuals." 



"That also is very interesting," said Mr. Trommel. 

 "But you know there are biennials the plants that 

 live two years. How can you remember those ? " 



"They troubled me quite a little," admitted Mary ; 

 "but I have them now. They are almost like annuals ; 

 and a is for annual, and 

 then conies b that 's for 

 biennials; and perennials 

 ought to be c, but they 

 are n't ; and then comes d 

 for deciduous, and e for 

 evergreen." 



"You have a fine mind, 

 my child," said Herr Trom- 

 mel ; "but you know these 

 *"***. annuals and biennials and 

 perennials you tell me of 

 belong to one large class, 

 \ the herbaceous, while the 



deciduous and evergreen are woody plants, and you 

 must not have them mixed." 



"Oh, no ; I can remember those because I learned 

 herbivorous animals : herbivorous animals have n't as 



