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The Hedge Bindweed 535 



The Dodder 538 



The Milkweed 540 



The White Water Lily 545 



Pondweed 54^ 



The Cat-tail 55i 



A Type Lesson for a Composite Flower 554 



The Goldenrod 555 



The Asters 558 



The White Daisy 56o 



The Yellow Daisy or Black-eyed Susan 562 



The Thistle 5^3 



The Burdock 566 



Prickly Lettuce, A Compass Plant 570 



The Dandelion 572 



The Pearly Everlasting 576 



The Jewel weed, or Touch-me-not 578 



Mullein 582 



The Teasel 586 



Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot 589 



Weeds 594 



Outline for the Study of a Weed 595 



// Cultivated-Plant Study 



The Crocus 596 



Daffodils and their Relatives 599 



The Tulip 603 



The Pansy 607 



The Bleeding Heart 611 



Poppies 613 



The California Poppy 616 



The Nasturtium 620 



The Bee-Larkspur 623 



The Blue Flag, or Iris 626 



The Sunflower 631 



The Bachelor's Button 636 



The Salvia or Scarlet Sage "37 



Petunias ^"^^ 



The Horseshoe Geranium "43 



The Sweet Pea ^-+9 



The Clovers ^^^ 



Sweet Clover ^55 



The White Clover ^58 



Maize, or Indian Corn ""^ 



The Cotton Plant ^^^ 



The Strawberry 72 



The Pumpkin ^75 



/// Flowerless-Plant Study 



The Christmas Fern ^^4 



The Bracken ^^9 



How a Fern Bud Unfolds ^91 



