FLOWERS IN SEASON 



of flowers but slight. In that season the colum- 

 bine, everlasting, jack-ln-the-pulpit and wake- 

 robin are springing in the glens, and In your 

 yard, If you have planted them, you may watch 

 for the moss-pink, daffodil, jonquil, tulip, sum- 

 mer snowflake, dogwood, tulip-tree, magnolia, 

 barberry, kerria, lily-of-the-valley, sllverbell, for- 

 get-me-not, lamp-plant, rock-cress, tree-peony, 

 sweet alyssum, godetia, marigold, ten weeks' 

 stock and baby's-breath. 



In June the garden will be In full flower; the 

 sweet peas will enrich the air, the morning-glories 

 will open their eyes to the sun before you open 

 your own, the roses will unfold their damask 

 to the butterfly, the lilies will arise to teach their 

 seldom-heeded lesson of humility and worth, the 

 nasturtium will reflect the warmth as well as the 

 light of summer, and while the fields and brook 

 sides are ablaze with dandelion and buttercup, 

 you, In your pleached garden may rejoice in the 

 peony. Iris, wistaria, pelargonium, cineraria, 

 marigold, amaryllis, and, in the wild garden, the 

 harebell, Solomon's-seal, shooting-star, bunch- 

 berry and columbine. 



Color flows In high tide across the earth in 

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