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bright and cheerful blossoms wMcli meet ns every- 

 where in early spring ; in the woodlands, where the 

 first of the company pushes up its pure white bells 

 through the withered leaves of the gone7by year, or 

 the snow of the present one, in the plot of the 

 " town garden " or of the suburban dwelling ; ia 

 drawing-rooms on stand or mantelpiece, or giving 

 brightness to every shop or market where vegetable 



Fib. 04.-BloBBom of common Pnrple or Meadow Orchis : 1 1, pieced of the 

 perianth ; 2, pollen pouohea ; 3, stigma ; 4, spnr ; S, twisted ovary support- 

 ing blosaom ; 6, braet. 7, Waxy pollen masses. 



produce is sold, these bright-coloured blossoms 

 proclaim that spring has come. 



Take, as your first specimen of the second great 

 division of flowering plants, those we have just 

 named, only be careful that your tulips and 

 hyacinths are single and not double blossoms. 



