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The Hedge Bindweed 535 



The Dodder 538 



The Milkweed 540 



The Wliite Water Lily '.545 



Pondweed 548 



The Cat-tail 551 



A Tj'pe Lesson for a Composite Flower 554 



The Goldenrod 555 



The Asters 55« 



The White Daisy 5^^^° 



The Yellow Daisy or Black-eyed Susan 5'i2 



The Thistle 5^3,3 



The Burdock ^(>6 



Prickly Lettuce, A Compass Plant 5/0 



The Dandelion 572 



The Pearly Everlasting 576 



The Jewelweed, or Touch-me-not 578 



Mullein 582 



The Teasel 586 



Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot 589 



Weeds 594 



Outline for the Study of a Weed 595 



II Cultivated-Plant Study 



The Crocus 596 



Daffodils and their Relatives 599 



The Tulip 603 



The Pansy 607 



The Bleeding Heart 611 



Poppies 613 



The California Poppy 616 



The Nasturtium 620 



The Bee-Larkspur 623 



The Blue Flag, or Iris 626 



The Sunflower 631 



The Bachelor's Button 636 



The Salvia or Scarlet Sage 637 



Petunias 640 



The Horseshoe Geranium 643 



The Sweet Pea 649 



The Clovers 652 



Sweet Clover 655 



The White Clover 658 



Maize, or Indian Corn 660 



The Cotton Plant 666 



The Strawberry 672 



The Pumpkin 675 



/// Flowerless-Plaitt Study 



The Christmas Fern 684 



The Bracken 689 



How a Fern Bud Unfolds 691 



