36 FLOWER-LAND. 



the shape of the flower, I will ask you, as we go home, 

 if you can remember what the parts of a flower are. 



I will pick this buttercup flower. It has not 

 been open very long, and is a good specimen, so all 

 the parts of the flower are here. And now see if you 

 can tell me them by name. Yes ! Outside of all the 

 calyx, then the bright yellow corolla, then these many 

 little stamens, and the pistil in the centre (Chs. n, III). 



Do you see that the corolla is made up of separate 

 parts ? Try, and you can pull them off one by one. 



Each part or leaf of the corolla is called a petal. So 

 now I shall be able to tell you about some of the 

 easiest of the natural orders in which flowering plants 

 are arranged. 



