72 WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION 



of regular shape, 5 spreading green sepals, 5 

 large yellow petals, many stamens and car- 

 pels." 



You would add to the above paragraph any- 

 thing further you had learned from Nature's 

 Garden about this particular plant or the char- 

 acteristics of its Family. 



EXERCISE VI. 



If you wish to preserve your specimens the 

 remaining plants should now be pressed. Full 

 directions for doing this are given in Chapter 

 VII. Chapter II, on ' ' The Botanical Outfit, ' ' 

 will tell you all you will need in the way of a 

 press and drying-sheets. 



So far for your first lesson in plant study. 

 You must now take special notice of Butter- 

 cups whenever you see any. You will soon 

 discover slight differences between those you 

 have examined and others that appear to be 

 very similar at first sight. You may find, usu- 

 ally in wet or moist shady places, a buttercup 

 which has the divisions or segments of the root- 

 leaves both longer and broader than in your 

 first plant and at least the central one stalked. 



