WILD I'LOWI'.RS OI-- COLORAIXI. 3/ 



a portion of the root. It grows no higher here than represented 

 in the painting. 



The gentian will he more familiar to lo\-crs of wild flower.^ 

 than any of the others I may ha\e gix'en )-()U. It is [he fuorite 

 wiltl flower of the East. Here the blossoms are larger and richer 

 in color, blossoming much closer to the stalk, the stalk itself being 

 much thicker than the gentian of the New England states. 



This flower always reminds me of a little storx- I read \-ears 

 ai^o when I was a child, of a kins>" who loved little children so 

 well that when they canie to see hnn he j)resented theni with 

 a flc^wer called the gentian, and told them to follow the twample 

 of the flower by looking up to heax'en for beauty ot lace and char- 

 acter. For years after when I found the gentian I thought of the 

 good king and his advice and naturally U)oked up, hoping that b\' 

 doing so I would receive the promised reward. 



I had nex'cr heard a common name gix'cn to this flower, but, 

 as I was returninii" to cami), I met a little idrl, dauiihter of one 

 of the natives. *' Little girl," I said, "will )'()U tell me the name 

 of this flower?" showing her my sketch. " 'J'hat ? Oh, )es'm, 

 it's burro's lily." "Why is it called burro's lil)-?" I asked. 

 "'Cause the i)urros nex'er hurt it, but munch all round it, like 

 as if they lo^'cd it. S'pose they do, and that's wh}' folks call 

 it that." 



I knew before I had reached camp that something [)leasant 

 had happened. I coidd see Dick in the distance, and it was 

 a face brim full of pleasure that met me to tell me the good nc^ws. 



