June and Early July 



with the appearance of the recently dis- 

 covered stranger, which by some chance 

 had found its way to the dooryard of the 

 Connecticut farmer. 



Except for the arrival of the clovers 

 and for the constant reinforcement in the 

 ranks of daisies and buttercups, the ap- 

 pearance of the fields has not altered 

 greatly during the last two weeks. Blue 

 flags still lift their stately heads along the 

 water-courses, and the blossoms of the 

 blue-eyed grass are now so large and 

 abundant that they seem to float like a 

 flood of color on the tops of the long 

 grasses. I do not remember ever to have 

 seen these flowers so vigorous and con- 

 spicuous as they are this year. In the 

 wet meadows, at least, the blues now pre- 

 dominate, rather than the yellows. Al- 

 most the only yellow flower that is at all 

 abundant among the flags and blue eyes 

 is a day-blooming species of the even- 

 ing primrose, with delicate, four-petalled 



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