3.  Buttercups come in spring.  They grow on taller stems than daisies.  They have no nice scent such as violets or roses have.

Write and learn:

Buttercups—­
    Grow wild. 
    Come in spring.

Buttercups have—­
    Five yellow leaves. 
    Five green ones.

Buttercups are—­
    Pretty and shiny. 
    Eaten by cattle.

WHEAT. [Page 20.

1.  Wheat is a plant of the grass kind, but grows higher than common grass.  It is grown from seed, which is grains of wheat kept until hard and dry.

2.  Ruts are made in the soil by a plough, and into these the seed is cast.  Then the soil is covered over them by a harrow, drawn by a horse.

3.  Rain and warm sunshine help the grains to grow.  They grow into tall, jointed stems, and soon the ears of wheat appear.  They are green at first, but the sun ripens them and turns them yellow.

4.  Then the wheat is cut, and the new grains are threshed out from the husks which are called chaff.  The tall stems make straw.  The grains are ground into flour by the miller.  We use flour for making bread, cakes, and puddings.

Write and learn:

Wheat is—­
    A grass plant. 
    Grown from seed. 
    Green at first. 
    Yellow when ripe.

Wheat has—­
    A tall stem. 
    Graceful leaves. 
    An ear. 
    Grains.

Wheat makes—­
    Flour. 
    Foods. 
    Chaff. 
    Straw.

SLATE. [Page 26.

1.  Slate is a kind of stone.  Rocks, and even mountains, are sometimes made of slate.  The great hole made in the rocks by getting it out, is called a quarry.  It is got out in very large blocks.  Sometimes gunpowder is used to crack the rocks before the blocks can be got out.

2.  Slate is very hard and brittle.  It is used for many purposes.  Houses are roofed with slates.  Sometimes it is used for pavements.  It can be made so smooth that we use it for writing upon.  Slate-pencil is made from soft slate-stone.

Write and learn:

Slate is—­
    A kind of stone. 
    Very hard. 
    Brittle.

Slate is found in—­
    Cumberland. 
    Wales. 
    Cornwall and Devon.

Slate is useful for—­
    Roofing houses. 
    Making pavements. 
    Writing upon.

CHALK. [Page 31.

1.  Like slate, chalk comes out of the hills.  It is white and soft.  It is used for many purposes.  The farmer puts it on the fields sometimes, to make the soil better.  It holds water and keeps the soil moist.

2.  We get lime and whiting from chalk.  We use it in these forms for making our ceilings and walls clean.  It is used, too, for writing on the blackboard.  Chalk is found in many parts of England.  Kent and Hampshire have most.  Chalk-pits are often seen in the hills.