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the most careless hand hesitates to pluck them frorn^theirlTk 

 home ; and the large spreading corymbs of red and white a 

 shining leaves of the Large Laurel, Kalmia latifolia, make A 

 road-side through the woods like the borders of a great shr k 

 bery, while the sandy level of the open glades is blue with 1 

 Pedate Violet. The Wild Cherry, Cerasus serotina, puts forth 

 its racemes of white blossoms, giving to the feathered peonl 

 promise of summer sustenance. On the warm hill sides, uncfe 

 the sheltering hedges peeps up the sweet little Milkwort, Pq. 

 lygala paucifolia, with its curiously fringed purple blossoms" 

 so large in proportion to its height, and near and around k 

 grow its neighbors, Convallaria, Uvularia, Geranium, and 

 a hundred other "vagram posies." Now is the time to 

 look for the Side Saddle Flower, Sarracenia purpurea 

 that vegetable spider, which is nourished in part by the un- 

 lucky flies who enter its hollow leaves. The Sarracenia is 

 generally to be found in low, muddy, wet places, by the side 

 of swampy ponds, among moss, and its nodding flower, with 

 the singular peltate stigma, is quite as curious as the leaves 

 For its singularity this plant well deserves cultivation, and if 

 taken up with a considerable portion of its native soil, with 

 the Sphagnum, or White Moss, which almost always surrounds 

 it, and planted in a large pot, which must be set into a pan or 

 tub of water of sufficient depth to reach nearly the rim of the 

 pot, it will thrive very well. We have found that a shady 

 situation is also necessary. The pretty little Wood Sorrel, Ox- 

 alisviolacea t \vhh its frail purple blossoms, and one or two other 

 less handsome species of the same genus, the Golden Alexan- 

 ders, Smyrnium, or Zizia, conspicuous for their yellow umbels, 

 the great Cow Parsnep, Hcracleum, the delicate creeping 

 Pennywort, Hydrocotyle, the Sweet Cicely, with its aromatic 

 root, and other Umbelliferae, are June flowers. As to Wild 

 Roses, now is the season for their greatest profusion, and 

 towards the latter part of the month, and the first of July, 

 they perfume every thicket. We need not describe them; 

 every one knows the Roses. Now the white blossoms of nu- 

 merous Raspberries and Blackberries promise an abundant 

 supply of their delicate fruit for the later months, and the Wild 

 Currant promises to the same effect, but performs not. The 



