CHAPTER III. 



MAY. 



Yellow Violet to 

 Pitcher Plant. 



Yellow Violet. 



Viola jjubencens. 



The yellow vio- 

 let, commonly 

 called tlie downy 

 yellow violet, grows on the 

 edge of the w^ood where sunlight 

 and shadow are mixed. I am 

 best acquainted with the smooth 

 variety, which can be found in 

 a certain locality in the Pemi- 

 gewasset Yalley, and is a never- 

 ending source of delight to me 

 in late spring. I know of no 

 other spot for miles north and 

 south where there is more. This particular patch 

 is broad and thick, and about the 10th of May one 

 may gather hundreds of blossoms without moving 

 beyond a space ten yards square. I never found 



