FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS BY MARGARET WARNER MORLEY AUTHOR OF “SEED-BABIES,” “A FEW FAMILIAR FLOWERS,” ETC. GINN & COMPANY BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · LONDON COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY MARGARET WARNER MORLEY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 36.4 =The Athenæum Press= GINN & COMPANY · PROPRIETORS BOSTON · U.S.A. A LETTER TO THE READERS OF THIS BOOK. ❃ DEAR CHILDREN,— It would be very stupid indeed to try to read a book written in Arabic or Hebrew; we should soon tire and put it down. It is just as uninteresting to read English words whose meaning we do not understand; we might as well devote ourselves to a foreign and unknown tongue. I hope you will never do it. If you do not know what a word means, find out. There is a list of words you may not know at the back of this book to help you. They are all words used in the book, and if you look you may not find them as stupid as you think. Some day you will discover that the dictionary is quite an exciting and interesting volume. Meantime enjoy the flowers and their insect friends all you can, and be sure you know the meaning of all the words that tell about them. Your friend, THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. PAGE 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