BUTTERCUPS. [_Page 15._


1. Buttercups grow wild. They are of a golden yellow colour. Each flower
has five yellow leaves growing out from the middle of five smaller green
ones.

2. The flowers are something like a cup in shape, with a little tuft of
grass-like threads standing in each one. In the green ball in the middle
there are tiny seeds from which other buttercups will grow if they fall
into the ground.

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.