E. A. C.—It is impossible for us to comply with your request.
W. B. B.—Flowers are beautiful pets, and repay well the attention bestowed upon them. The large plant, with its wide-spreading bluish-green leaves, which bears the castor-bean, is raised from the seed, like any other bean. It is an annual, but it grows so rapidly that by midsummer it is already several feet high. In some countries this plant is called palm-of-Christ, and is much valued as a garden ornament, as its pale green leaves form a beautiful contrast when growing among masses of dark shrubbery.
Addie P.—Your beautiful wild flower was so faded and crushed when it reached us that it was impossible to identify it.
G. H. Fisher and "Nuctum."—In an article soon to be published in Young People you will find all your questions fully answered.
"Subscriber," Brooklyn.—For directions for preserving insects, see answer to Katie R. P., Post-office Box, No. 27.