224 IN MISS AMELIA'S MEADOW 



real home is in the Island of Trapsus, a place he 

 can't remember in his geography, although he is 

 sure it is there. 



Tommy says when he grows up and becomes a 

 doctor, he thinks he will give Mullen-tea to his 

 patients. Even now Uncle Hiram mixes it in a 

 drink for his sick cows. 



We saw a pretty relative of Great Mullen close 

 by in Miss Amelia's meadow. Its name is Moth 

 Mullen. It is not exactly a new friend either, be- 

 cause it has been opening its pretty blossoms ever 

 since Daisies came out, and I have seen it many 

 times. It has the same way Great Mullen has of 

 letting only a few flowers open at a time near the 

 top of its stem. 



The Moth Mullen's stem, though, is very slen- 

 der and reddish, and bears small pointed leaves 

 instead of large ones in a rosette on the ground. 

 Most often we find the flowers yellow, but some- 

 times they are pure white, and when we are very 

 lucky we find them pink. The stamens in the cen- 

 ter of these flowers are covered with a soft, purplish 

 wool. Indeed when we see this we know at once 

 they are Moth Mullens. 



The flowers that are open on the Moth Mullens' 

 stems when I pick them usually drop off, but others 

 come out from the shiny buds after they have 

 been in water awhile. I love the Moth Mullens, 

 and until I saw Tommy walk by them so proudly 

 in the meadow, I thought he loved them too. 



