P. 47.—“Fungi,” fŭnˈji. No class is so easy to study in the winter. If fruit, bread and the like are allowed to mould, any number of interesting objects will be found. In the woods fungi are to be gathered from bark and old logs. Of these the peziza, or cup-moulds will be found most pleasing. Lichens also abound, and numerous sections can be made from them. P. 62.—“Big Trees.” These Big Trees are Cedars (_sequoia gigantea_). “Calaveras,” kä-lä-vāˈräs. “Buds.” Many plants form their buds in the fall. A careful search will reveal such for examination. The lilac and trailing arbutus form their flower buds in autumn, and in vigorous plants a section of the bud will show distinctly the flower stowed away for spring. P. 63.—“Leaves.” “Opposite” leaves are seen in the chickweed and fuchsia; “whorled,” in Prince’s pine; the “alternate,” in the rose family. The arrangement of leaves on the stem has been reduced to a science, called _phyllotaxy_. P. 64.—“Bracts.” Seen in the camellia and strawberry. The white portion of the calla blossom is a colored bract called spathe; also, the “pulpit” of the common Indian turnip or Jack-in-the-pulpit. “Sessile” leaves are seen in the upper leaves of the common primrose and spring beauty. All plants of the violet and the rose families bear _stipules_. P. 65.—“Lanceolate,” as in the peach; _oblong_, the radical leaves of shepherd’s purse; _cordate_, in the blood-root; _sagittate_, in the stem leaves of shepherd’s purse; _ovate_, in chickweed and violet; _pinnate_, as in the rose; _bipinnate_, as in the sensitive plant. P. 68.—When the stamens and pistils are on separate trees or plants, the fertilization is accomplished in various ways; insects or birds carry the pollen in many cases, in others the wind wafts it. “_Hypogynous_,” as in the cress, radish, cabbage, and other cruciform plants. P. 69.—_Perigynous_, as in the rose family; _epigynous_, as in the caraway, celery, and parsnip. P. 76.—“Labiate.” The word means lip-shaped, and the order is named from the peculiar shape of the corolla. P. 77.—“Composite,” or compounded; “Herbaceous,” her-bāˈshus. Plants with soft stems which die every year. “Coriander,” cŏˌri-anˈder; “Asafœtida,” ăsˈa-fĕtˌi-da. P. 78.—“Papilionaceous,” pa-pĭlˈyo-nāˌshus. From the Latin for butterfly. “Tamarind,” tămˈa-rĭnd. A tree 60 to 80 feet in height, with dense foliage. A native of Africa and India. Its pods are preserved and used as a medicine, or as an article of diet. “Senna,” sĕnˈna. A drug prepared from the dried leaves of the cassia, a shrub raised in India and Nubia. A variety of cassia is found in the United States, but its leaves are less powerful. “Acacia,” a-kāˈshĭ-a, “Mimosa,” mī-mōˈsa. P. 79.—“Ranunculus,” ra-nŭnˈcu-lŭs. The word means a little frog. Pliny is said to have so named this species because many of its members grow in water where frogs abound. “Aconite,” acˈo-nite. A plant related to the Hellebores; the common wolf’s bane, or monk’s hood.