!V PREFACE. 



trouble to such readers if they will learn patiently, 

 not hurrying on too fast. If anything is worth 

 doing at all it is worth doing well. Part I. is, I 

 hope, easy for a young child to understand, and it 

 should be learned thoroughly before passing on to 

 Part II. The Appendix, so far as it belongs to the 

 chapters on Morphology, might well be left until 

 the chapters are first known. 



These first lessons in Botany should also be 

 learned, as far as possible, with the plants which 

 are spoken of in the hands, not only from the book 

 and 'its pictures. The extra time, and perhaps 

 trouble, which this may cause, will be amply 

 repaid. 



A word to the reader, who takes up this book 

 for the sake of others, to teach children about Plants. 



Examine the plan of the book in the Table of 

 Contents, and always 'have, if possible, plants or 

 their parts to illustrate your teaching. This method 

 will, I think, interest the child, and help him to 

 remember. It will be a good plan to read the 

 chapter over beforehand you will then be able to 

 get specimens of plants you require ready for the 

 lesson ; or, if you give the instruction out of 



