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M. I should like to read the book very well. 

 See how grand our Crown Imperials look ; they 

 are at least a yard high : how rapidly they have 

 grown ; where is its native place ? 



H. It is a native of Persia. I w T ill show 

 you the nectary of the flower, as it is called ; it 

 is quite a curiosity. You will observe at the 

 bottom of each petal a leaf, a white glandu- 

 lar cavity, with a drop of limpid juice standing 

 in it. 



M. O, I see, they look like pearls. The 

 flowers hang their heads in such a way, that a 

 person would not notice this beauty unless they 

 paid particular attention, or raised the bells a 

 little ; how gracefully the luxuriant stem, adorn- 

 ed with broad shining green leaves, is crowned 

 with its whorl of pendulous flowers. 



H. There is another wonder about this 

 plant ; the flower stems, that now hang down, 

 after the leaves or petals fall, turn and become 



