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Show FABLE OF THE PAN3Y. Entire Family May1 Be, Triced In Flow- er's Gay Petals. ( Lovers of this pretty flower may bo , Interested la tho fable concerning It. The blossom has Ave petals and flvn , sepals., In most panslos, especially of the earlier and less highly developed varieties, two ot tho potals are plain 1 In color and threo are gay. Tho two plain petals have a slnglo sepal each, and tho third, which la the largest of j all, has two sepals. Tho fable la that the pansy represents a family, consist- , lng of husband, wlfo and four daugh ters, two of tho latter being Bjep-chll-!dren of tho wlfo. The plain potals aro tho stepchildren, wlh only one chair; tho two small gay petals aro tho u daughters, with a chair each, and tho I largo gay petal Is tho wlfo, with two I chairs. To And tho fathor ono must 8 strip away tho potals until tho stamens ! and pistils aro bare. They have a i fanciful resemblance- to an old man with a flannel wrap round his neck, his shoulders upraised and Ills foot In a 1 bathtub. In Franco tho ran3y Is uql- voisfclly called tho 3top-.iother. ' |