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MORNING-GLORY STORIES 1
THE FLOWER 3
THIS IS THE FLOWER SO BRIGHT AND GAY 11
THE CALYX 13
BLOSSOM DEAR 14
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN 16
THE OVULES 23
THE LEAVES 27
TO THE MORNING-GLORY 29
THE CONVOLVULUS FAMILY 30
STORIES ABOUT THE GERANIUM FAMILY 47
TROPÆOLUM STORIES:
TROPÆOLUM HONEY 49
THE TROPÆOLUM 50
WHO LIES CURLED UP 57
MORE ABOUT THE TROPÆOLUM 58
JEWELWEED STORIES:
A DAINTY CAVE 65
TOUCH-ME-NOT 66
EARDROPS 71
LADY’S SLIPPER 72
THE HUMMING BIRD 74
PELARGONIUM STORIES:
THE PELARGONIUMS 75
AN AFRICAN 80
PELARGONIUM LEAVES 81
THE GERANIUM FAMILY 84
HYACINTH STORIES 93
THE HYACINTH 95
SIGNS OF SPRING 96
THE HYACINTH’S SCEPTRE 98
TUNICS 99
THE BEE 104
STORIES ABOUT ALL SORTS OF THINGS 105
NECTAR GUIDES 107
CELLS 108
POLLEN CELLS 120
THE POLLEN 127
THE ANTHERS 128
OVULE CELLS 129
CHLOROPHYLL 134
ROOT CELLS 144
SKIN CELLS 148
TUBE CELLS 162
STRENGTHENING CELLS 165
WE AND THE PLANT PEOPLE 168
WHAT ARE THE FLOWERS MADE OF 176
WHAT BECOMES OF THE FLOWERS 181
NOTHING BUT LEAVES 191
SIGNS OF OTHER TIMES 214
WHY ARE THE FLOWERS SO LARGE AND BRIGHT 218
HOW MOTHER NATURE MAKES NEW FLOWERS 223
TONGUES AND TUBES 231
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Morning-Glory Stories.