176 The Field Lesson.

taste anything ; aad sO he elie not.
And, as he did not, he could be
trusted, you see.

May knew the names of some of
the flowers that he brought her, and
could teach him things about them
that many London children know
nothing of.

Shall I tell you some that Johnny
had learnt to call by their names?
He could find daisies and buttercups,
of course, a long time ago, and now
he knew the pretty scarlet ae
and the yellow one, too, and the
poppy, and the lovely blue speedwell,
and the forget-me-not, besides lots
of other flowers. And he knew just

where they grew, and what their