24 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



who closely observes the frosty, waxy form and color 

 of stamen, pistil, anther, and petal through the niag- 



Star-Flower. 



nifying glass can know anything of the fairylike 

 beauty which a flower possesses. So this little star- 

 flower must be seen under the glass, otherwise it 

 would be passed, as likely as not, for an insignificant 



