124 PROFESSOR BONN'S LETTER 



believe it of your flower, but it is true of Wild 

 Morning Glory. Call your Four-leaved Silkweed 

 flower or weed, neither name can change its beauty. 



" When autumn comes shall we take the narrow 

 path to the village together ? We may then meet 

 the very weeds whose seeds have so gallantly 

 crossed the ocean In the air. Indeed they might 

 give a few points to the builders of alr-shlps. 



" Believe me, my dear Philip, with best wishes 

 for your botanical success, 

 " vYour Friend, 



" Stephen Bonn." 



Philip was so delighted with his letter that he 

 said he would keep it In his scrap-book and read 

 It over and over again until he knew It by heart. 

 Grandmother has loaned him her finest magnify- 

 Ing-glass, and he has several of the little Milkweed 

 blossoms under it. Although they are so small, 

 he says, there Is a lot more to understand about 

 them than there Is about Blue Flag. 



Grandmother told him that If he didn't learn 

 It all this year he might next year, or the next, 

 and that Professor Bonn's letter would keep a 

 long time. 



