Songs of the Fields 



rection. Eecaiise they are accustomed to seeing 

 onljr open, level meadow it is very difficult to 

 place a camera close or M-in their confidence suffi- 

 ciently to be able to make studies of them. Everj^ 

 brooding song-bird sits on tlie ])oint of the breast, 

 and Avhere an arclied cuj:) also raises the long tail 

 the mother has a cramped, s|)read-out appearance. 

 This one brooded on six eggs and brought off her 

 j^oung safely. 



There is a shade of yellow on the breast of a 

 young lark when it takes wing, that has escaped 

 commerce, and it is infinitely more delicate and Four New 

 beautiful than tlie nearest aj^proach to it. There Yellows 

 is another ex((uisite yellow, not yet in use, on tlie 

 face of a freshly opened false foxglove, and an- 

 other on unclosing buckeye buds. An unusual yel- 

 low can be found in the bloom of elecampane. 



This magnificent plant grows from five to six 

 feet high, in big round stems, having long, hairy, 

 blue-green leaves of a frosty appearance, that sur- 

 round the stem at their base and curve off grace- 

 fully to the tip. The flower has a round head, with 

 irregular, straggling petals of beautiful yellow 

 that harmonize exquisitely with the leaves. Here 

 is another plant that I am sure the artists of Japan 

 do not know, else before this all of us would have 

 become familiar with it in screen decorations. I 

 can recall no statelier growth, no leaf form more 

 impressive. 



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