Part 14

Not so fast, my little man; you have only begun your lesson. There is plenty more to learn. There are many thousands of names of plants, most of which are hard to understand, and many are hard to pronounce. Then you have to know the arrangements of all these, and their peculiar natures and uses.

Ah! I see my work is not done. Never mind, you have taught me the alphabet of botany. I mean now to study all the flowers and trees I come to, with the help of your letters, until I can read off easily all about their peculiar habits and modes of growth.

Do so, my son; but don’t, like some philosophers, elbow God out of the field. Be ready to notice His thoughtfulness and goodness in the world of plants; and, as they in a dumb manner show forth His praise, be you willing, with heart and voice, to say, “My Father made them all.”

Works by the same Author.

GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

Cloth, 4s.

Illustrated with Four Maps of the Colonies.

Sanctioned in the schools of the National and Denominational School Boards of Victoria.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Mr. Bonwick has been for many years resident in these colonies; he has had access to the best sources of information; he has been indefatigable in his efforts to produce a book which might be a standard one on the subjects it treats; and he has succeeded.--Melbourne Argus.

DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP.

Future historians will turn to it as a repertory of valuable facts, lucidly, systematically, and chronologically stated.--Melbourne Argus.

MAP OF VICTORIA.

Affording information upon Geological Features, Roads, &c.

THE BUSHRANGERS; ILLUSTRATING THE EARLY DAYS OF VAN DIEMAN’S LAND.

The book is by no means a mere Newgate Calendar, but something infinitely better. It exhibits a correct position of the state of society in earlier days.--Hobart Town Colonial Times.

GEOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. 1s.

One half the book relates to the Geography of the Colonies, prepared for the use of Junior Classes.

WILLIAM BUCKLEY, THE WILD WHITE MAN, And his Port Phillip Black Friends. 2s.

THE EARLY DAYS OF MELBOURNE.

1s. Cloth, Illustrated.

NOW PUBLISHING, EARLY TIMES OF ENGLAND FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS; AND BIBLE STORIES FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS.

Goodhugh & Hough, Printers, Flinders Lane.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:

Text in italics is surrounded by underscores: italics.

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

Archaic or alternate spelling which may have been in use at the time of publication has been retained.