JULY
JULY
I
A PLANT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PRINCIPAL PARTS
"CLASS in botany will please rise."
Davy and Prue looked up quickly from their little corner by the peach-tree. It was a warm day, and they were resting in what they called their "house," because it was a shut-in nook behind the corn, and with tall sunflowers on the other side. Just now when the Chief Gardener came upon them they were pulling some flowers to pieces and talking about them very earnestly.
"Class in botany please rise," he said again, taking a seat himself on a bench close by.
"But I can't—it's too warm," said little Prue, "and besides I've got my lap full of flowers."