affection toward it. This is truer yet with the oddly-shaped 

 Lobster Claws. The little ones may select them on account 

 of their bright color, but the build of the blossom is foreign 

 to its sympathies. 



The Double Paeonies are meaningless to a child, while the 

 single ones are good, but almost too large to be acceptable. 

 The Hydrangeas, gorgeous as they are, mean very little to 

 it. We may select a specimen of them to place as a show- 

 piece near the door of our house; but the child will look at 

 the plant only with astonishment. So with the Snowball 

 whose lifeless colored leaflets lack even the character 

 of stamens. It may be taken for granted that flowers 

 which are not visited by insects are objects of no interest 

 to a child. 



The golden flowered Corchorus (Kerria) from China, the 

 single as well as the double, are objects of curiosity, but 

 we seek objects with which a child will make familiar. The 

 same can be said about the Pomegranate with its shiny 

 foliage and its gorgeous bloom. Abutilons are attractive 

 enough, and the varieties of those many beautiful colorings 

 from which we can select are tempting, but how much more 

 charm does not a child derive from the Canterbury Bell? 



To shrubs like Jasmine, Heliotrope, and Lemon Verbena 

 the unaffected child remains indifferent, and their strong 

 odors are no justification for associating their kind in our 

 grounds. 



