VII 



Late August and Early 

 September 



an interesting article on 

 "American Wild Flowers'* 

 which appeared in The Fort- 

 nightly Review some two years 

 ago, the English naturalist, Mr. Alfred 

 Wallace, commented upon the fact, or 

 what seemed to him the fact, that no- 

 where in our country could be seen any 

 such brilliant masses of flowers as are 

 yearly displayed by the moors and mead- 

 ows of Great Britain. 



I have not the article with me and do 

 not recall certainly whether Mr. Wallace 

 saw our fields and hillsides in their Sep- 



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