FAMILIAR FLOWERS 

 OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



CHAPTEE I. 



MARCH AND APRIL. 

 Arbutiis to Spring Everlasting. 



Trailing Arbutus, Among the favorite flowers of spring, 

 or Mayflower. ^j^^ Pilgrim's Mayflower seems to hold 



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the first place in the heart of a lojal 

 New-Englander. It has even been suggested as a 

 national flower for our country. But the trailing 

 arbutus is too local to stir the enthusiastic in- 

 terest of our Western and Southern 

 fellow-countrymen ; and not 

 long ago, when the 

 subject of a nation- 

 al flowei- was agi- 

 tated, a most decid- 

 ed preference was 

 expressed by vote 

 for the golden-rod. 

 However, the sweetness and quiet beauty of the trail- 

 ing arbutus deserve the highest consideration, and it 

 is at least the representative New England wild 



Trailing Arbutus. 



