40 FLOWERS THAT NEVER FADE 



of Bethlehem and milk-weed, and catalpa 

 blossoms and Bourcing Bet, and pokeweed 

 and leather-leaf and sumach that they used 

 to gather by the roadside and arrange in 

 huge posies on their holiday rambles. 

 Here are the star-like flowerets of the rue- 

 anemone that we searched for in the woods 

 when we were young ; and there are portu- 

 lacca and verbena and saxifrage and bush 

 honeysuckle, and the purple blossoms of 

 the potato and blue flowers of the common 

 pea to remind us of the old-fashioned gar- 

 dens where we once wandered on early 

 summer mornings in bygone years, while 

 the bright sun drank up the dew, and the 

 homely scent of the box that bordered the 

 paths stole by us in tantalizing whiffs on 

 the fresh, exhilarating air ; while even these 

 nasturtiums and begonias and pimpernels 

 and oxalis and azalea recall to us the sunny, 

 winter window-gardens, always in full bloom, 

 that used to be tended with such loving, 

 anxious care. 



This fascinating and unmatchable col- 

 lection was formally presented to Harvard, 

 on April 17, 1893, by Professor Goodale, 

 speaking for Mrs. Ware and Miss Ware, 

 and was accepted by President Eliot for 

 the University. The plan as a whole in- 

 cludes the illustration of all the more im- 

 portant types of American phaenogamia, so 



