tea-time they were all thoroughly tired, and ready to go indoors
when mamma called them.
There's the game, now for the Puzzle. You will find below a quantity of
syllables in squares. Those syllables, if sorted out correctly, will
make a certain number of wild and garden flowers, briefly described
below, and all you have to do is to pick them out and place them in
their proper order.
SENIOR DIVISION.
+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+
| tau | e | ach | clem | a | ber |
+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+
| mim | be | y | im | a | ris |
+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+
|eschs | ant | cen | u | ge | tis |
+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+
| i | val | ir | an | rhi | pol |
+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+
| zi | ra | cholt | ri | thus | num |
+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+
| nes | tum | an | a | lus | ry |
+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+
The following flowers can be made from the above syllables:--1. A small
pink wild flower, bitter to taste, found in dry pastures--June to
September. 2. Many flowers on one stem. 3. Its name is derived from a
Latin word meaning mimic or ape. 4. A small but important order,
including the poppy and many poisonous plants. 5. With open mouth behold
this favourite flower. 6. Erect flowering-stems, found in damp
hedgerows, moist woods, edges of streams--June to August. 7. Its name is
derived from a word meaning sensitive to cold. 8. A beautiful purple or
white flower, seen on the walls of many homes. 9. "A plant ever young."
10. Touch the stamens with the point of a pin, and they all spring
forward and touch the pistil.
JUNIOR DIVISION.
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+
| cel | o | cor | pim | e | beg |
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+
| a | sue | an | di | nem | el |
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+
| di | cam | op | dine | an | y |
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+
| ag | sis | per | pan | o | cory |
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+
| jas | ne | ri | thus | u | mo |
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+
|nel | nia | tra | la | ny | mine |
+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+
The following flowers can be made from the above syllables:--1. A pretty
yellow flower, found in damp fields, meadows, and brooks. 2. A white or
yellow flower found on houses. 3. A pretty little yellow f
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