PERIODS OF FLOWERING. 



LESSON XXXVII. 



PERIODS OF FLOWERING DIFFUSION OF SEEDS. 



OUR beneficent Creator has in his bounty or- 

 dained that every season should have its peculiar 

 vegetation. He has thus given to us a constant 

 succession of new and beautiful objects, and 

 clothed the earth with plants fitted for the changes 

 in our climate. 



There is hardly any time in the year in which 

 some flowers may not be found, few in the depth 

 of winter, plentiful in spring, abounding in sum- 

 mer, and gradually decreasing in number during 

 the autumn. 



Among the earliest of our spring flowers is the 

 epigaea, which generally appears at the end of 

 March. This is followed by the anemonies, and 

 the peach. 



In April and May the earth is literally covered 

 with floral beauties. The dandelion gives its gold- 



