in the sun, the boys talked it all over and agreed that they would do all in their power to save the life of all things. They formed a "Let Live League,” and decided to get as many boys and girls as they possibly could to join it. Do you love life? If so, why not join the "Let Live League?" This is the song of the bee. His legs are of yellow; A jolly, good fellow, And yet a great worker is he. In days that are sunny He's making his wax: On pinks and on lilies, And columbine blossoms, He levies a tax! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Makes fragrant his wings: He never gets lazy; From thistle and daisy, And weeds of the meadow, Some treasure he brings. Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! The summer day through. Oh! we may get weary, And think work is dreary ; 'Tis harder by far To have nothing to do. hīber nate con sider ghōst mȧ të ri al lizard similar skel'e ton år range'ment pollen XLIV. PLANTS THAT GO TO SLEEP. I. Some plants are as much in need of sleep as boys and girls are. But we do not stop to consider the sleepy plants. Some plants sleep every night. Some sleep every day. Then, too, plants seem to think a year is just as a day, so they sleep in the winter and wake up in the spring. Many animals, like the plants, sleep all winter long. We call this hibernating. Bears grow fat in the autumn, and then, after sleeping the winter through, come forth in April so thin and so poor that they can scarcely walk. An April bear is not much more than a ghost of its fat self of the autumn before. The cold-blooded animals-snakes, toads,. lizards, and newts-dream away the long winter season, and come forth with the sunshine in the spring. Crocuses, hyacinths, lilies, tulips, daffodils, and similar plants hibernate. They withdraw all the living material from their leaves in autumn, bury themselves in the earth, and sleep till spring rains and sunshine tempt bears and flowers to come forth again. When the squirrel goes into winter quarters in the hollow trunk of an oak tree, where he has stored his hoard of acorns and chestnuts for the dead season, does not the life of the oak itself do just the same thing? Only the dead skeleton of the leaf drops to the ground. The life remains and hides in the trunk and the branches. If the life were to remain in the leaf, the cold, frosty winter weather would kill it. But under the thick coat of bark is it not just as warm and as secure as the bear beneath his coat of fur? Besides this winter sleep, or hibernation, a great many plants also sleep every night. During our waking hours we walk, work, and waste. When we sleep we rebuild and restore the living material of the body. Sleep is the period of repair. If we do not sleep we soon wear out. The same is true of plants. They eat by day, and grow most rapidly by night. By day the plant is busy. It must gather sunshine and moisture. This is work. It makes the plant weary. When night comes the plant rests, builds itself up, and prepares for active work the next day. Thus by a wise arrangement God has helped even the plants to live long enough to do their great work in the world. And what is a plant's great work? It is to grow, blossom, and bear seed. The glory of the plant is its seed. The seed makes possible another plant. II. All plants do not sleep at night, because all plants cannot get food by day. This may seem strange to study a few you; but let us plants closely and then we AWAKE shall see that it is true. You may have seen a dainty little plant called the Sensitive Plant. In broad daylight its leaves are spread wide open. It is busy eating and drinking. On its leaves are hundreds of |