ACCORDING TO SEASON 



TALKS ABOUT THE FLOWERS IN THE 



ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE IN 



THE WOODS AND FIELDS 



BY 



FRANCES THEODORA PARSONS 



AUTHOR OF 



" HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS," 



" HOW TO KNOW THE FERNS," ETC. 



NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION 

 WITH THIRTY-TWO PLATES IN COLOR BY 



ELSIE LOUISE SHAW 



Ah! well I mind the calendar, 

 Faithful through a thousand years, 

 Of the painted race of flowers. 



—Emerson 



NEW YORK 

 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 



1902 



