May and Early June 



These flowers are sometimes spoken 

 of as blue, again as pink, again as pur- 

 ple, but I believe the majority will agree 

 that "pink-purple" best describes their 

 radiant hue. Soon the five rounded pe- 

 tals will fall, revealing a beak -like pro- 

 jection, which will enlarge until finally it 

 splits apart into five separate pieces, with 

 such force as to project the tiny seeds 

 within to some distance ; thus affording 

 them a better chance of securing a desir- 

 able foothold than if they were all allowed 

 to fall directly beneath the parent plant. 

 This beak-like object accounts for the 

 title, "wild cranesbill," which the flower 

 sometimes bears. 



There are some few plants, the discov- 

 ery of which makes the day especially 

 memorable. Among these is the twin- 

 flower, or Linncea, the lovely 



"monument of the man of flowers, 

 Which breathes his sweet fame through the 

 northern bowers." 



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