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RHODORA 



May 17, 1853. The rhodora is peculiar for being, 

 like the peach, a profusion of pink blossoms on a 

 leafless stem. 



May 23. I see the light purple of the rhodora en- 

 livening the edges of swamps — another color the 

 sun wears. It is a beautiful shrub seen afar, and 

 makes a great show from the abundance of its bloom 

 unconcealed by leaves, rising above the andromeda. 

 Is it not the most showy high-colored flower or shrub.'* 

 Flowers are the different colors of the sunlight. 



Journal, v, 163, 185. 



May 17, 1854. The splendid rhodora now sets 

 the swamps on fire with its masses of rich color. It 

 is one of the first fiowers to catch the eye at a dis- 

 tance in masses, — so naked, unconcealed by its 

 own leaves. 



Journal, vi, 277. 



WILD PINK 



May 30, 1854. The pink is certainly one of the 

 finest of our flowers and deserves the place it holds 

 in my memory. It is now in its prime on the south 

 side of the Heywood Peak, where it grows luxuriantly 

 in dense rounded tufts or hemispheres, raying out 

 on every side and presenting an even and regular sur- 



