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•suckles, Lonicera, or Caprifolium, are now twining 

 ff the shrubs, and displaying their pale and fragrant blos- 

 °and those fine shrubs, the Hobble Bush, Arrow Wood, 

 ^^ the other species of Viburnum, are adorning the wood-sides, 

 Vie under their shade creeps the delicate Partridge Berry, 

 ,. j n a repens. Let no one fail to examine and admire its 

 v-work petals. Only a few of the Compositoe flower so 

 i an d those which do, are the less beautiful species, such as 

 , , eQ [Eri< r cron, Senccio, and Gnaphalium. Pyrolarotundifolia, 

 f the neatest of plants, with its broad leaves and droop- 

 • - fragrant white flowers, together with several other species 

 f the same genus, will now delight the student, who seeks 

 them among the dead leaves of old woods. Some of the Or- 

 hidacece are expanding their unique and puzzling flowers. 

 Orchis spectabilis, Arethusa bulbosa, Pogonia ophioglossoides, 

 (jMrivedium acaule, and parvijlorum, are all among the most 

 curious and interesting plants which the collector will meet 

 with. We shall shortly have a word to say about the cultiva- 

 tion of these and other natives of the same order, our especial 

 favorites. The large blue flowers of the Iris are showing 

 themselves among the grass by the pond side, along with the 

 more humble Speedwells, Veronica. Along by the fences, 

 near rocks in open grounds, may be found the Silk weed, As- 

 clepias syriaca ; but the handsomer species of Asclepias do not 

 flower till nearly a month later. Among the high grass in the 

 meadows, the eye of the rambler will be attracted by the 

 yellow flowers of the Star grass, Hypoxis crecta, and the blue 

 flowers of the Sisyrinckium anceps, which show, indeed, as if 

 they might have suggested the thought which 



Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, 



One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, 

 When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, 



Stars, which in Earth's firmament do shine. 



One of the most showy of native plants is the Lupine, 

 Luyinus perennis. We stopped the other day, after a long ride, 

 with a thunder shower coming on, to collect specimens of it, 

 which were covering the side of a sandy wood with the blue 

 tint of their long regular racemes. The Celandine, Cellelido- 

 nium majus, is displaying its yellow flowers, and smooth spread- 



