218 FLOWERS OF TREES. 



That is a curious things which I had never 

 thought of," said Harry. 



It is, therefore/' replied Mr. Longhurst, 

 the situation of the plant, rather than its 

 own peculiar nature, which makes the change. 

 Those, which with us retain their leaves in the 

 winter, are more hardy than the others, that 

 is all." 



As to Flow ERS, though some trees, as the 

 chestnut, mahogany, and thorn acacia, have 

 beautiful blossoms, many trees of the largest 

 growth have none, properly so called. We 

 will take some notice of the parts of a flower, 

 and then we shall better understand the dis- 

 tinction. That which we commonly call the 

 flower of a plant, as the four yellow leaves of 

 the wall-flower, the bell of the campanula, the 

 snowy cup of the white convolvulus, and the 



