166 FLOWERS* 



LESSON XXXVI. 



FLOWERS STRUCTURE OF FLOWERS SIZE OF 



FLOWERS ODOUR FLORALS CLOCK. 



FLOWERS are amongst the most charming and 

 beautiful of all the productions of nature. Their 

 colours, their forms, and their odours are alike 

 delightful. The hand of God has scattered them 

 over the whole world, so that let us go where we 

 will we are sure to meet with them, and to be 

 pleased with their varied beauties. 



Almost all plants produce flowers ; and these 

 are not only ornamental, but they are also neces- 

 sary for the production of seed, the seed-vessels 

 being in every instance part of the flower. In 

 admiring flowers, therefore, we should look at 

 them closely, and we shall learn a great deal that 

 is curious, and a great deal that will make us sen- 



