After really getting into this most enchanting of all toy-shops with eyes open to see its wonders, we found that the difficulty to be met was not how to write about them, but how to stop writing. The display was so varied and so inviting, it seemed that we must tell the children about everything we saw, but if we had gone on seeing more and telling more there is no saying what size this book would have been.

Lina Beard,
Adelia Belle Beard.

CONTENTS

PART I—WILD FLOWERS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.Daisies[1]
II.Jack-in-the-Pulpit[5]
III.Red and White Clovers[8]
IV.Clover Designs[12]
V.Other Wild-Flower Designs[19]
VI.Pussy-Willows[24]
VII.Arrangement of Flowers[33]

PART II—GRASSES
VIII.Fairy-Trees Made of Grasses[40]
IX.A House Made of Grass[45]
X.Grass Dress and Grass Head-Dress[56]

PART III—GREEN LEAVES
XI.Oak-Leaves[61]
XII.Grape-Leaf Drinking-Cup[68]
XIII.Green-Leaf Designs[71]

PART IV—CULTIVATED FLOWERS
XIV.Phlox[76]
XV.Cultivated Foxglove[81]
XVI.Miss Hollyhock's Garden-Party[88]
XVII.Daffodils[92]

PART V—SEED-VESSELS
XVIII.Seed-Vessel Playthings[96]
XIX.Buckeye Horse and Buckeye Rider[103]
XX.Burdock-Burrs[108]
XXI.Things to Make of English-Walnut Shells[117]

PART VI—VEGETABLES
XXII.Things You can Make of Lima Beans[123]
XXIII.Sweet-Potato Alligator and What to Make of a Radish[130]
XXIV.Green-Pea Toys and a Green-Pea Design[136]
XXV.Corn-Husks and Corn-Cobs[148]

PART VII—FRUIT
XXVI.The Funny Orange-Head[163]
XXVII.Apples and Apple Fun[171]

Mother Nature's
Toy-Shop