FAMILIAR FLOWERS 

 OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



CHAPTEK I. 



MARCH AND APRIL. 

 Arbutus to Spring Everlasting. 



Trailing Arbutus, 

 or Mayflower. 



Eingcea repens. 



Among the favorite flowers of spring, 

 the Pilgrim's Mayflower seems to hold 

 the first place in the heart of a loyal 

 New-Englander. It has even been suggested as a 

 national flower for our country. But the trailing 

 arbutus is too local to stir the enthusiastic in- 

 terest of our Western and Southern 

 fellow-countrymen ; and not 

 long ago, when the 

 subject of a nation- 

 al flower was agi- 

 tated, a most decid- 

 ed preference was 

 expressed by vote 

 for the golden-rod. 

 However, the sweetness and quiet beauty of the trail- 

 ing arbutus deserve the highest consideration, and it 



is at least the representative N^ew England wild 



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Trailing Arbutus. 



