VELLOW 



Long as there's a sun that sets, 

 Primroses will have their glory; 

 Long as there are violets, 

 They will have a place in story ; 

 There's a flower that shall be mine, 

 'Tis the little celandine." 



And when certain yellow flowers which frequent the village road- 

 side are pointed out to us as those of the celandine, we feel a 

 sense of disappointment that the favorite theme of Wordsworth 

 should arouse within us so little enthusiasm. So perhaps we are 

 rather relieved than otherwise to realize that the botanical name 

 of this plant signifies greater celandine ; for we remember that 

 the poet never failed to specify the S7nall celandine as the object 

 of his praise. The small celandine is Ranunculus Jicaria, one 

 of the Crowfoot family, and is only found in this country as an 

 escape from gardens. 



Gray tells us that the generic name, Chelidonium, from the 

 ancient Greek for swallow, was given '^because its flowers ap- 

 pear with the swallows;" but if we turn to Gerarde we read 

 that the title was not bestowed *' because it first springeth at the 

 coming in of the swallows, or dieth when they go away, for as 

 we have saide, it may be founde all the yeare, but because some 

 holde opinion, that with this herbe the dams restore sight to their 

 young ones, when their eies be put out." 



Clintonia borealis. Lily Family. 



Scape. — Five to eight inches high; sheathed at its base by the stalks of 

 two to four large, oblong, conspicuous leaves. Flo7vers. — Greenish-yellow; 

 rarely solitary. Perianth. — Of six sepals. Statncns. — Six; protruding. 

 Pistil. — One; i)rotruding. Frzdt. — A blue berry. 



When rambling through the cool, moist woods our attention 

 is often attracted by patches of great dark, shining leaves ; and 

 if it be late in the year we long to know the flower of which this 

 rich foliage is the setting. To satisfy our curiosity we must 

 return the following May or June, when we shall probably find 



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