52 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



any of the fields in the 

 same vicinity. The shi-ub- 

 by cinqnefoil {P. fru- 

 ticosa) is common in 

 wet grounds northward, 

 grows about three feet 

 high, and has five to 

 seven leaflets and loose 

 :^ clusters of yellow flowers 

 similar in character to 

 those of the common va- 

 riety. 



Wild Strawberry. ^^"'" ^^^'^^^^ 

 Fragaria Strawbcr- 



Viraiiiiana. 



ry IS so 

 well known that it scarce- 

 ly needs mention here. It grows luxuriantly in 

 pasture and wood in the foothills of the "White 

 Mountains. I never pick the berries on the hill- 

 sides — and, I must confess, fight the mosquitoes at 

 the same time — without thinking of the 

 "Barefoot hov, with cheek of tan, 



With thy red lip, redder still 

 Kissed by strawberries on the hill." 



AVhittier does not say a word about the bare legs 

 and mosquitoes. In the hills of New Hampshire, 



