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Dear Children
It would be very stupid indeed to try to read a book written in Arabic or Hebrew; we should soon tire and put it down.
The Flower
THE morning-glory and the bracted bindweed might be taken for sisters, they look so much alike. There is no doubt but that they are closely…
Signs of Other Times
In the beginning flowers seem to have had their petals all separate from each other. Some do still, and these we call polypetalous, because…
Morning-Glory Stories
9 pages
The Calyx
It has five sepals - five green sepals.
Blossom Dear
BLOSSOM dear, what is the power Draws the shining wings to thee?
What Happened in the Garden
THE morning-glory lay rolled up in the bud down under the leaves. One day it bloomed.
The Ovules
WHEN the ovules get ready to grow, the flower prepares to bloom.
The Leaves
THE leaves of the morning-glory consider each other. They stand close together, but, as you see, they do not crowd.
To the Morning-Glory
WHAT do you do with your pollen so white?
The Convolvulus Family
THIS is a large and, on the whole, aristocratic family.
Glencoe, Minn
directions. Its leaves, as you can see, are more or less like morning-glory and bindweed leaves. Its flowers are also like morning-glories…
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Highlights
Glencoe Kinn
reach the nectar. The humming bird must touch the anthers when he thrusts in his bill.
Signs of Other Times (Beginning flowers seem to have)
In the beginning flowers seem to have had their petals all separate from each other. Some do still, and these we call…
The Pelargoniums
** A PELARGONIUM is a "stork's bill." "Pelargonium" comes from a Greek word meaning "stork," and the plant is so named because of…
The Flower (Morning-glory and the bracted)
THE morning-glory and the bracted bindweed might be taken for sisters, they look so much alike. There is no doubt but that they…
Blossom Dear
BLOSSOM dear, what is the power Draws the shining wings to thee?
More About the Tropæolum
THE tropæolum, which people call nasturtium, has shields to defend itself.