Flowers and Their Friends

How flowers and insects came to need each other, explained to children by a teacher who refused to talk down — “it would be very stupid indeed to try to read a book written in Arabic,” she begins, so look up every word you don't know.

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Tropæolum Honey

IF you had a horn as red as a rose, And full to the brim with honey, If a bee came along and begged you for some, Now tell, would you give her any?

If I had a horn as red as a rose, And full to the brim with honey, If a bee came along I'd invite her in, And give her all she could carry!

rose,
rose,
Now tell, would you give
Now tell, would you give
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