. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. LUCK IN CLOVERS 219 seven leaves, i ; nine leaves, i; cups and leaves, various, 5. At another time I spied a single five-leaved in a dense bed of rowen clover at the road-side, and seating myself close beside it, calculating on this habit of the plant, I vowed I would not get up until I had collected forty multiple leaves. I soon obtained more than this number. The clover-leaf quest is a good eye - sharpen- er. Which of our boys can show us the best record ? I wonder if any of my young
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. LUCK IN CLOVERS 219 seven leaves, i ; nine leaves, i; cups and leaves, various, 5. At another time I spied a single five-leaved in a dense bed of rowen clover at the road-side, and seating myself close beside it, calculating on this habit of the plant, I vowed I would not get up until I had collected forty multiple leaves. I soon obtained more than this number. The clover-leaf quest is a good eye - sharpen- er. Which of our boys can show us the best record ? I wonder if any of my young readers have ever seen how the clover says its prayers and goes to sleep, with its two side leaflets folded together like reverent palms, and the ter- minal leaflet bowed above them ? So the normal leaf spends the night in the dews. I often wonder what arrangement of adjustment is arrived at when so many leaflets conspire to confuse. My clover-hunting has been confined to the red and white clovers, both species having common. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers
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