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Page 49 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof f alleth away : 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Page v - Hooker's Child's Book of Nature. The Child's Book of Nature, for the Use of Families and Schools : intended to aid Mothers and Teachers in Training Children in the Observation of Nature. In Three Parts. Part I.
Page 17 - There was another prisoner, an Italian, whose daughter came to visit him. She was much interested by the tender care which Charney took of his plant. At one time it seemed as if it were going to die, and Charney felt very sad. He wished that he could take up the stones around it, but he could not without permission. The Italian...
Page 39 - Some flowers hang down their heads at night, as if nodding in their sleep, but in the morning they lift them up again, to welcome the light. Other flowers have a par-ticular time to open. The evening primrose, for example, is so called because it does not open till evening.
Page 91 - These coverings have been called by some one the " wintercradles" of the buds. It is a very good name for them. The little buds in these cradles rock back and forth in the cold winds of winter, and are as secure from harm as the little baby in its cradle in its nice warm home, shut in from the wintry blasts. And notice another thing. The inside of these cradles is lined with a soft down. This is the bud's little blanket to keep it warm in its cradle. In warm climates the buds do not have these "...
Page 17 - ... to her than the flattery of her attendants. She, too, had a cherished flower —the sweet jasmine— that she had brought from the home of her youth, a far-off island of the West Indies. This had been planted and reared by her own hand, and though its simple beauty would scarcely have excited the attention of a stranger, it was dearer to her than all the rare and brilliant flowers that filled her hothouses. She thought a good deal, therefore, of the prisoner that took such care of his one flower....
Page 79 - Leaves may be said to be continually breathing moisture into the air. This moisture helps to make the air soft, and the fragrance of the flowers makes it balmy. Each leaf, it is true, yields but little water, and so does but little good in this way; but there are so many leaves that a large quantity of moisture is continually escaping from them into the air.
Page 16 - Shut up within those walls, away from all hia friends, not permitted to interest himself with either reading or writing, he was glad to have this little living thing to watch over and love. Every day when he walked in the court he spent much time in looking at it. He soon saw some buds. He watched them as they grew larger and larger, and longed to see them open ; and when the flowers at length came out ho was filled with joy.
Page 37 - ... they said. (c) What they did. 2. Written Exercise. Write five sentences that tell what your visitors did. Write five sentences about fruits that grow in your climate. LESSON 7 — GENERAL REVIEW 1. Reading. THE HABITS OF FLOWERS Flowers have habits, or ways of acting, just as people have. Some flowers shut themselves up at night as if to go to sleep, and open again in the morning. Tulips, pond lilies, daisies, and dandelions are among those that close at night. When the mountain daisy shuts up,...
Page 15 - Napoleon because he was supposed to be an enemy of the government. One day as Charney (for that was his name) was walking in the yard adjoining his cell, he saw a plant pushing up from between the stones. How it came there he could not tell. Perhaps some one carelessly dropped the seed.