54 NATURE STUDY. 



The delicate coral mushrooms were pushing their way- 

 through the brown needles, and aside from these there was 

 little plant growth, save here and there a small rosette of 

 dark green leaves from which rose the slender scape bear- 

 ing a nodding, frost white flower. These, then, were my 

 "Delights!" 



They were humble little flowers, but I gladly knelt be- 

 fore them, and thought of noble men and women who would 

 not be ashamed to do likewise. We may compound the 

 elements as we like, but the art of creation is denied us, of 

 even a simple flower like this. What a gulf, forever, be- 

 tween divine and human powers ! 



The story was told me not long ago of an innocent child 

 whose mind had evidently been impressed by her simple 

 art work and, perhaps, stories of the art masters, and upon 

 being shown a new flower, naively asked, ' ' Whose work 

 is this?" 



Mrs. Mary J. James of Manchester, has had the pleasure 

 of finding Moneses uniflora in several places in our vicini- 

 ty. She records it for June 29, on the road to Auburn Vil- 

 lage. I^ast year, she found it on the west side of the Moun- 

 tain, in Goffstown, and again on Joe English Mountain. 



Mrs. James further adds that she has always found it in 

 pine land, among the pine needles and near damp places, 

 never abundantly. Other eyes ma}' have seen it also, but 

 if not, it is something you will like to search for and record 

 in Nature Study. 



