LIFE IN THE WOODS 



botanical works. It grows like the dwarf 

 blueberry, fruiting when less than a foot in 

 height. Some patches of this low variety 

 cover two square rods or more. 



After the shadbush is in full bloom, the 

 other early wild flowers, that grow beside the 

 old road, come into bloom in rapid succession. 

 As I pass along to or from the city, I see 

 in the distance patches of white which, if I 

 did not know better, would lead me to think 

 that I had discovered some beautiful low white 

 flower. When I reach the spot I find it is 

 spring everlasting (Antennaria plant agini- 

 folia). I give the scientific name of this in- 

 significant flower, because every spring scores 

 of woodland ramblers bring it to me and ask 

 its name. Early in the spring the flower is 

 a very good white, but as the season advances, 

 it becomes a dirty greenish white. The stem 

 is cottony and the leaves, when young, are 

 covered with a silky wool. With age, the 

 leaves become green above and grayish below. 

 One should make its acquaintance early in the 



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