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Nature Readers · Julia McNair Wright — chapter 2 of 68 · ~163 words · public domain

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LESSON PAGE

I. THE GREAT MOTHER 1

II. THE EARTH’S ELDEST CHILD 5

III. A LOOK AT A PLANT 10

IV. A YEAR IN A PLANT’S LIFE 17

V. THE GROWTH OF PLANTS 23

VI. THE FOOD OF PLANTS 30

VII. SEEDS AND LEAVES 35

VIII. THE COLOR OF PLANTS 43

IX. THE MOTION OF PLANTS 49

X. PLANTS AND THEIR PARTNERS 56

XI. AIR, WATER, AND SAND PLANTS 66

XII. PLANTS THAT EAT ANIMALS 72

XIII. WEATHER PROPHET PLANTS 79

XIV. PLANT CLOCKS 84

XV. THE SCHOOL CABINET 90

XVI. THE OLD MAN OF THE MEADOW 99

XVII. THE LIFE OF THE OLD MAN OF THE MEADOW 105

XVIII. THE ROBBER COUSIN 110

XIX. THE MERRY COUSINS 117

XX. A QUEER CRICKET 123

XXI. OTHER HOPPERS 127

XXII. A REAL LIVE FAIRY 132

XXIII. THE CHILD OF THE DAY 138

XXIV. LIFE AMONG SNOW AND ROSES 143

XXV. JOSEPH’S COAT 149

XXVI. COUSIN MOTH 154

XXVII. THE CHILD OF THE NIGHT 160

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