128 THROUGH GLADE AND MEAD. 
wonderful variety are not yielded even to earnest and 
persevering search. And yet, as 
“?’T is better to have loved and lost 
Than never to have loved at all,” 
so it is better to have made the search, even if all the 
treasure could not be found. Treasures of an unex- 
pected kind are thus often found, sometimes of more 
value than those that were sought. A firmer health, a 
fuller mind, a deeper feeling of content, a broader view 
of life, are not these worth finding? Are they not 
worthy of long and anxious seeking? 
But it is time to introduce the first list of fifty. For 
more than one reason it is worth looking at. 
April 3. 1 Symplocarpus fcetidus, Salisb. | Skunk Cabbage. 
Corylus rostrata, Ait. Beaked Hazel. 
“3. Corylus Americana, Walt. Common Hazel. 
Epigzea repens, L. Trailing Arbutus. 
“ 14. Ulmus Americana, L. American Elm. 
“ 16. Populus tremuloides, Michx. American Poplar. 
Alnus incana, Willd. Speckled Alder. 
eS 320; Acer rubrum, L. Red Maple. 
Houstonia cerulea, L. a Innocence. 
1o Antennaria plantaginifolia, Hook. Everlasting. 
Sanguinaria Canadensis, L. Bloodroot. 
; Hepatica triloba, Chaix. Hepatica. 
Salix discolor, Muhl. Willow. 
