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at the same season, they can load their hands and 

 baskets with nothing that compares with our trail- 

 ing arbutus, or, later in the season, with our azaleas ; 

 and, when their boys go fishing or boating in sum- 

 mer, they can wreathe themselves with nothing 

 that approaches our pond-lily. 



There are upward of thirty species of fragrant 

 native wild flowers and flowering shrubs and trees 

 in New England and New York, and, no doubt, 

 many more in the South and West. My list is as 

 follows : 



White violet (Viola blanda). 

 Canada violet (Viola Canadensis). 

 Hepatica (occasionally fragrant). 

 Trailing arbutus (Epigcea repens). 

 Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum). 

 Yellow lady's-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum). 

 Purple lady's-slipper (Cypripedium acaide). 

 Squirrel corn (Dicentra Canadensis). 

 Showy orchis (Orchis spectabilis). 

 Purple f ringed-orchis (Habenaria psy codes). 

 Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa). 

 Calopogon (Calopogon pidchellits) . 

 Lady's-tresses (Spiranthes cernua). 

 Pond-lily (Nymphcea odorata). 

 Wild rose (Rosa nitida). 

 Twin-flower (Linnoea borealis). 

 Sugar maple (Acer saccharinum). 

 Linden (Tilia Americana'). 

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