260 PLANTS GROWING IN DRY SOIL. 



Bertrand and the Due de Bassano, with whom he was discussing 

 his future. Whether to strike a blow for liberty or to go 

 quietly to the island of Elba was the problem. His attention 

 was diverted by a child picking violets. The little creature of- 

 fered them to Napoleon and they were accepted in silence. 

 The vein of superstition that was always present in his nature 

 controlled his thoughts and turning to his companions he said : 



" Gentlemen, I am thinking of that child. It seems that by 

 giving me these flowers, I have been warned to imitate for the 

 future the modesty of the violet. Henceforth it shall be the 

 emblem of my desires." 



" Sire," said Bertrand boldly, " for your Majesty's glory I 

 trust the desire will be no more lasting than the flower." But 

 it was not so ; and Napoleon shortly went to Elba. 



By the next season to wear in Paris a bunch of violets was 

 thought to be a sign of imperialistic sympathy. In fact, they 

 are there still regarded as having political significance. A 

 legitimist would no sooner wear one than he would the tri col- 

 oured flag of the republic ; and throughout France they are not 

 worn in the same general way that they are in England and 

 America. 



MAPLE-LEAVED VIBURNUM. DOCKMAXIE. ARROW- 



WOOD. 



Viburnum acerifbltum. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Honeysuckle. White, Scentless. Maine southward and May^June. 



westward. 



Flowers : small ; perfect ; growing in flat-topped cymes on long peduncles. 

 Calyx: five-toothed. Corolla : five-lobed. Stamens: five. Pistil: one. Fruit- 

 a drupe, bright crimson turning to almost black. Leaves : ovate to orbicular ; 

 lobed ; ribbed ; similiar to those of the maple tree. A shrub, sometimes 

 reaching six feet high. 



What is true in a general way of a Viburnum will be found 

 to be true of them all, only with variations in the details. The 

 leaves and fruit serve better to identify the species than any 

 difference in the blossoms. This is especially true of V. aceri- 



