April and Early May 



rooted without "squeaking," and to be 

 carried off without any pretence of 

 swooning by the way. Whoever has 

 struggled with the stubborn tubers of 

 ■^ the adder's tongue, tubers which fasten 

 themselves beneath some sharp-edged 

 stone deep in the earth, and has finally 

 conquered its obstinacy only to be foiled 

 by the wilted blossom and drooping 

 leaves, or who has been baffled by the 

 deep-rooted, slender-stemmed tenacity of 

 many other plants, will appreciate the 

 alacrity with which the saxifrage surren- 

 ders itself into your keeping, and the ab- 

 sence of any later indication of home- 

 sickness. 



Where the woods are richer and less 

 rocky, with haughty confidence the 

 wake-robin lifts its three-petalled, purple- 

 red flower. The name of this plant is 

 hardly appropriate, as the woods, nearly 

 a month ago, were alive with robin love- 

 songs, and by the time it flowers, these 

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