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An eight-mile drive takes us through Westminster by the left side 

 of Wachusett Lake, near the foot of Wachusett Mountain, to the 

 broad-topped Redemption rock, just by the roadside; its further side 

 twenty feet above the grass. The inscription on its face tells its story. 



From Photo. 



Redemption Rock. 



We may everywhere find flowers, rare and beautiful, but we have 

 a choice as to where to go at different .seasons. On Lynde hill, in the 

 very heart of the town, the hepaticas ( Hcpatica striloba ) grow 



" WKen spring unlock.s the flowers to paint 

 the laughing soil ; " 



Checkerberries, or wintergreen, ( Gaidthcria procumbcns ) redden Bick- 

 ford's or Parker's hill, with their abundance ; and in summer the 

 smaller orchid, ladies' tresses ( Spiranthcs gracilis ) twists tlirough the 

 dying grasses on Glazier hill. By Crystal Lake the white laurel ( Kal- 

 viia latifolia ) and the lamb-kill, or sheep laurel {Kalmia aiigustifolia ) 

 relieve the darkness of the woods ; the American brooklime ^ Veronica 



