ACCORDING TO SEASON 



though a series of papers describing the different 

 flowers to be found in the woods and fields, and 

 by the road-sides, during the months suggested 

 in their titles, might not only be helpful to those 

 who care to " tell their names," but might increase 

 the actual number of plants discovered, as one is 

 far more likely to be successful in his search if he 

 have a definite conception of what he can reason- 

 ably hope to find. 



This edition of " According to Season " contains 

 a number of new chapters, some of which are 

 not confined to descriptions of flowers. Indeed, 

 the opening chapter is a slight study of winter, 

 when, of course, no out-door plants are blossom- 

 ing, save under extraordinary conditions. But it 

 has seemed as though the inclusion of every sea- 

 son would make the book more complete, more 

 in harmony perhaps with the spirit of its title. 



Thanks are due to the editors of the New York 

 Tribune and of The Outlook for permission to re- 

 publish some of the following chapters. 



