CHAPTER III. 



THE FLOWERING PLANT. 



Or the Boys and Girls learning how to " know Beans," assisted by " Jack 



the Giant-Killer." 



I remember something about a story called " Jack 

 and the Beanstalk/' " Jack the Giant-Killer," or some 

 such name. At least, I know there were a bean, a boy, 

 and a giant, in the story, and that the bean and the boy 

 together caused the death of the giant, and I think the 

 old giant's name was Ignorance. We will make be- 

 lieve it was, anyway, for it is time the old monster were 

 dead ; he has always kept boys and girls from learning 

 any thing, especially about science ; and now that he is 

 out of our way, I want to tell you how much there is 

 for you to learn about the bean. 



The first thing that J ack did was to plant a bean, and 

 that is just what I want you to do ; but before you put 

 it into the ground, you must take a good look at it in- 

 side and out. A bean is a very common thing ; every- 

 body knows it, and yet nobody really "knows beans." 



