WILD FLOWERS pink 



during June, July, and August, from Nova Scotia to 

 Ontario and Michigan, and south to Georgia and 

 Tennessee. 



The Salmonberry or White Flowering Raspberry, 

 R. parviflorus, is a similar species, having fewer, 

 white, oval-petaled flowers and less bristly but 

 coarser - toothed leaves, the latter having the centre 

 lobe, not conspicuously longer than the others. 

 It is found in rocky woods from Michigan and 

 Minnesota to Alaska and California, and south in 

 the Rocky Mountains to Utah and Colorado, 

 from May to July. The fruit is red. 



WILD ROSES 



Of all the flowers exalted by mankind, none has been 

 more frequently associated with his history and litera- 

 ture than the Rose. Its praises have been sung in many 

 tongues, and its popularity harks back to very ancient 

 times. Tradition repeatedly ascribes many and 

 varied accounts to the Rose. The red Rose is a token 

 of love and affection; the redder it is, the better it is 

 so understood and accepted. The Turks hold that 

 red Roses sprang from the blood of Mohammed. The 

 Rose of Jericho has been called Saint Mary's Rose, and 

 is said to have first blossomed at the Saviour's birth, 

 closing its petals upon His Crucifixion, and reopening 

 them again at the Resurrection. For over three hundred 

 years, May ist was gorgeously observed in France as 

 the Tribute of Roses, when the youngest peer pre- 

 sented a silver bowl of Roses to the Court. In Egypt, 



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