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so as to hear Mr. Leonard call Wild Carrot " the 

 Studio Favorite." . Grandmother had no time to 

 answer Tommy, for the rain began to fall quickly. 

 By the time they reached the house, the wind was 

 very high and masses of leaves were flying through 

 the air. They were glad to get inside, for every 

 minute the storm grew worse. 



After luncheon we thought there was no chance 

 of Lucy coming to see us then, so we might risk 

 going out in the meadow together. It was still 

 raining, and even if the sun should come out every- 

 thing would be very wet. We watched by the win- 

 dow a long time to see if a little blue sky would 

 peep through the dark clouds, and then when none 

 came I said, " Let us go out, even if it is raining, 

 and find the curious flower." 



We put on our rubber coats and boots, and 

 Tommy took an umbrella. Under it we had to 

 walk very close together, and although the wind 

 was blowing and making a great noise I could hear 

 plainly all that Tommy said. 



" I may as well tell you now," he began, " that 

 the name of the curious flower is Turtle-head. It 

 doesn't look a bit like other autumn flowers. You 

 would guess that it bloomed in summer. It is a 

 little too strong and tall for a spring flower; and 

 it has neither strap-shaped flowers, nor tubes 

 growing together in heads, the way of most au- 

 tumn flowers. 



" Turtle-heads are single flowers which grow at 



