52 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OP FIELD AND GARDEN. 



any of the fields in the 

 same vicinity. The shrub- 

 by cinquefoil (P. fru- 

 ticosa) is common in 

 wet grounds northward, 

 grows about three feet 

 high, and has five to 

 seven leaflets and loose 

 clusters of yellow flowers 

 similar in character to 

 those of the common va- 

 riety. 



Wild strawberry. Our wild 

 strawber- 

 ry IS so 

 well known that it scarce- 

 ly needs mention here. It grows luxuriantly in 

 pasture and wood in the foothills of the White 

 Mountains. I never pick the berries on the hill- 

 sides — and, I must confess, fight the mosquitoes at 

 the same time — without thinking of the 

 " Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan, 



Norway Cinquefoil. 



With thy red lip, redder still 

 Kissed by strawberries on the hill." 



Whittier does not say a word about the bare legs 

 ■and mosquitoes. In the hills of !New Hampshire, 



