FLOWER-LAND. 



CHAPTER II. 



FLOWER CALYX AND COROLLA. 



Fig. 2. Bulbous Buttercup. 

 (Ranunctihis bulbosus.} 



I SHALL begin to-day 

 by telling you what a 

 "flowering plant" is. 

 " Oh ! I know that," 

 perhaps you say. "It 

 is a plant that has 

 flowers, as a buttercup, 

 a daisy, or a poppy.' 5 

 But I once went out 

 with a little girl to 

 pick some flowers, and 

 she would not have a 

 bit of groundsel ; she 

 called it a weed, and 

 not a flower. So that 

 you may not think so, 

 we will gather a few 

 flowers of different 

 kinds as we go along, 

 and see what a flower 

 really is. 



