242 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



267. EscHscHO^LZTiA TENuiFo^LiA ToiT. atid Gray. Slen- 

 DER-LEAVED EscHscHOLTziA. (PapaveracesG. ) California. 



An annual plant ; growing one foot hi?h ; with pale yellow flow( rs -, appearing in summer ; in- 

 creased from seeds. Bot. Maj.i 1S54, pi. 4812. 



A Californian annual, with something of the appearailce in 

 its flowers of the E. crocea, but smaller, and with a very 

 finely divided foliage, almost as slender as a grass. It blos- 

 soms abundantly. — [Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



268. WhitlaVia grandiflo^ra Han. Large-flowered 

 Whitlavia. (Hydrophyllaceae.) California. 



An annual plant ; growing a foot high ; with blue flowers ; appearing all summer ; increased by 

 sefds. Bot. Mag., 1854, pi. 4S13 



A new and beautiful annual, which attracted much atten- 

 tion at the Chiswick Exhibition, last summer. It has the 

 general habit of a Eutoca, but with large campanulate flowers, 

 of a deep blue color, and very showy. It has a branching, 

 diffuse and flexuose habit, growing freely and flowering 

 abundantly. It will prove a fine acquisition to our annuals. 

 — [Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



STUDIES IN THE FIELD AND FOREST, 



BY WILSON FLAGG. 



No. 3. Forest Scenery in May. 



MAY. 



April's young buds have ripened into bloom, 

 Diffusing wide their lustre and perfume ; 

 And a still greater crowd of radiant things, 

 Fanned into life by vernal zephyrs' wings, 

 Are waking into beauty, and will soon 

 Lead up tlie spangled multitude of June. 

 The little nests of various birds are hid 

 In every wood and knoll, beneath the lid 

 Of some green leaf, or placed upon the ground, 

 Embosomed in a little tufted mound : 

 And lo ! beneath the trees, as we pass by, 

 The broken fragments of their egg shells lie. 

 That show the rambler where the callow young, 

 High up amid the scented foliage hung, 

 Seek in the open air, through sun and showers, 



