"What makes you so joyous to-night?" they all asked him. "Oh, I am going down to live on the earth," said he.

They were very much surprised. Then they all said at once, "Take us too! Take us too!"

"Yes, I will; but you must all fold back your little pink and white dresses, so that they will not stop you."

When that was done he fastened a little gold-tipped arrow on each little head. "That is to help you fly straight," said he, "for it is a very long way down to the earth, and we must be careful not to miss our way."

On and on and on they flew, and nearer and nearer to the earth they came, until at last they floated down into a shady little wood, where there were cool trees, and a pretty brook that went singing along right through the carpet of soft green moss and ferns, and here they fell asleep.

While they were napping some kind fairies came that way. They knew how much the baby stars wanted to live on the earth; they had seen how patiently they had been shining up in the sky; so they said: "Let them stay, perhaps they will find some good to be done here." So they touched the little stars with their wands.

When the star-babies awoke after a long nap what do you suppose had happened? Instead of baby stars they were pink and white star flowers. The fairies said to them: "Now you may stay here always. Make others happy and you will always be glad yourselves."

And ever since that time the baby stars have played among the mosses and ferns; and when you go into the wood and pass the star-children, all nodding, beckoning, and dancing together so gaily, you will find your own face smiling with happiness caught from the flowers.

-By Mary C. Sylla, in the Child Garden:

DRAWING.

Draw a shooting star plant showing leaves and flowers.

roses.

THE ROSE.

I am the Sweet-brier, and I grow

By the wayside hedge where the children go;
I keep quite still till some gentle child
Parts the leaves with her fingers mild;
Then I send my breath of fragrance out,
And smile as I hear the joyous shout.
"The roses have come! the roses are here!
I will carry this home to my mother dear."

MORNING TALK.

ROSES.

Mark the appearance of the first rose by drawing one on the blackboard calendar and asking the children to watch for others in fields and gardens and tell you as much as possible about What roses come first? Where do we find the earliest roses? Do they know that roses grow on trees and vines as well as bushes? What kind of odor has the rose? What insects like the rose? Why? Where do the tame roses grow? The wild roses? In what way do they differ? Have they the same number of petals? How many parts has a rose? (Roots, stems, leaves, thorns, blossoms, fruit.) What kind ot roots? (Fibrous.) Stem? (Woody, erect, round.) With what is the stem covered? (Prickles or thorns.)

Leaves? (Net veined.) How many leaflets has each leaf? (From five to nine.) How many petals has the corolla? (Five or more.) What kind of rose has five petals? A hundred petals?

What do we call the cup that holds the corolla? (Calyx.) What color is it? How many colors can we find among the roses? What is the fruit of the rose? (A red pod.)

DRAWING.

Draw, or cut and paste, border of wild roses, using the petals as patterns. Mount on gray paper. Paint the red or yellow rose with leaves. Make silhouette of rose and leaf (with brush and ink) or make border of rose or rosebuds.

READING LESSON.

(FOR BLACK BOARD.)

To be read silently and answered by pupils.

Where do roses grow?

ROSES.

Did you ever see a rose bush?
Did you ever pick a rose?

Did you ever gather wild roses?
What protects a rose?

How many leaflets has a rose leaf?
How many petals has a single rose?

Do bees like roses?

What colored roses have you seen?
How often does a rose bloom?
When does it bloom?

What is called the month of roses?

Has the rose any fragrance?

What rose do you like best?

THE MOSS ROSE.

Long ago there lived a pink rose.

It was sweet and good.

It did only kind deeds.

Mother Nature loved it.

"Make a wish, little rose" she said, "you shall have what you wish."

"Give me a beautiful dress" said the rose; "make it from the prettiest thing in the world."

Mother Nature gathered some moss.

It was a soft green.

She made a dress of it.

She put it on the rose.

Then it was a moss rose.

TWO LITTLE ROSES.

FROM "FAIRYLAND OF FLOWERS."

One merry summer day
Two roses were at play:

All at once they took a notion
They would like to run away!
Queer little roses,

Funny little roses,

To want to run away!
They stole along my fence;
They clambered up my wall;
They climbed into my window
To make a morning call!
Queer little roses,

Funny little roses,

To make a morning call!

-Julia P. Ballard.

THE SWEET RED ROSE.

"Good morning, little rose-bush,

Now prithee tell me true,

To be as sweet as a red rose

What must a body do?"

"To be as sweet as a red rose,

A little girl like you

Just grows and grows and grows

And that's what she must do."

PLANTS THAT SLEEP.

THE CLOVER.

-Joel Stacy.

Plants are like boys

Did you ever see a plant take a nap? and girls, they like best to sleep at night. If you wish to see the leaves sleep you must visit them after dark. Go to the clover fields or bring some into the lightened room. The

white clover leaves fold their upper faces toward each other, so that they almost touch. The center one bends over them like a cover or cap. The leaves of some plants stand to sleep as horses sometimes do, others droop or lie close together. The young leaves cuddle up more than old ones do. Some plants do not change their position when they sleep. Plants do not sleep well if they are thirsty, or when it blows and storms. Are they like boys and girls in that? The locust leaves cuddle close together when they sleep. The yellow sorrel leaf closes at night, and one kind of oxalis. You can watch these. The bean leaves bend their leaves a little too.

This motion of plants helps them to resist cold and wet. If the leaves are spread out they are more likely to freeze.

What flowers close their eyes when they sleep? Watch the flowers along the roadside as you go home tonight. Look at the dandelion first. When does it shut up its petals? When does it wake up in the morning? (About six o'clock.) Do all plants wake up at the same hour? (The morning glory opens its petals at five in the morning, so does the poppy; the blue chicory opens at four; at six the dandelion; at seven the water lilies; at eight the pimpernel; at nine the marigold and tulip; at twelve the sweet pea.) What flower does not open until four o'clock? The evening primrose opens at six. Some flowers wake up in the middle of the night and some bloom at night only. Do all flowers go to sleep at the same time? (The morning glory shuts up its petals by noon, the dandelions close by four, and the water lilies shut at night.)

BLACKBOARD READING.

CLOVER.

I am thinking of a plant.

It grows in fields.

It grows by the roadside.

Sometimes it grows very tall.