Part 4

The pot of radishes 35

The pease two weeks old 37

The corn at the end of two weeks 47

The pease run up straight ladders 53

A member of the pulse family 59

The morning-glory twines to the right 65

The nasturtiums began to hide the little pot 75

The very small lettuce leaves 81

Davy's pot of radishes 93

"Davy's corn sent out a plume at the top" 97

"The morning-glories had bloomed and already had seed pods" 113

"Cabbage" was the fat fellow's name 115

"They called it nasturtium" 121

Alyssum--the sweetest of the "Cross" family 123

"Don't you think the blackberry looks a little like a wild rose?" 135

"And the apple blossom, too?" 139

Budding 149

The Chief Gardener's strawberries 161

Big, big berries that looked so good 165

The rose stamens and pistil which produce the seed 175

"Gardeners often take a rose of one kind and shake it gently over a rose of another kind" 178

"Sometimes the gardener takes up the pollen on a soft brush and lays it gently on the stigma of another rose" 179

The pistil and stamens of the lily 192

A pistil and calyx and a complete flower 193

A group of endogens--the lily, hyacinth, and daffodil 195

Some simple leaves 217

Pine-needles are leaves 218

There is a lot of kinds and shapes 221