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out side by side. And you would find, in almost 
all that those plants having straight-veined 
leaves have also fibrous roots. 
9. '^Some day you will learn how the plant 
both breathes and feeds by its leaves." 
FLOWERS.— 1. 
1. " I like flowers better than leaves/' said Jane. 
The leaves are nearly all green, but the flowers 
show ever so many colours, and very pretty 
shapes too." 
Yes, but flowers soon die away/' said Frank. 
^'They don't last as long as the leaves." 
2. I know that/' replied Jane. But you 
forget that when a flower goes oflF it mostly leaves 
a fruit behind it." 
3. I think Jane is right/' said Mr. Grey, who 
had overheard the children's words. " Flowers 
are very lovely, with their bright colours, and 
their sweet scents. ' Everywhere about us they 
are glowing', and I think the world would seem 
dull without them. They well deserve to be 
called the ' stars of the earth ', for they brighten 
it as stars brighten the dark sky. 
4. ^^Let us gather a few flowers and look at 
their parts. The more we find out about them 
