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When the rhodora and the pink azalea have gone by, there comes a crowd of white-robed shrubs to adorn the untrimmed roadside and the forest paths, with here and there a faintly-tinted companion, as when the mountain laurel bursts forth in its well-appreciated beauty. The buttercups, the dandelions, the ragworts and others contribute a mass of yellow, the painted-cup furnishes with its scarlet a bright contrast to the green of the grasses, and the purple arethusas, in their modest way, supplement the picture. The whole is full of harmony; and, as the scene shifts or the point of view changes, the harmony is preserved. There is no too little, no too much. There is a place for everything, and everything is in its place. The lordly trees may appropriate large spaces for themselves, but the humble mosses will grow in the moist shade beneath, and the leathery lichens will cover their stems and branches; birds will nest there, and insects will burrow in the bark, so that the single tree becomes a colony of life.

But the fourth division of our list is ready. It contains some interesting plants, which are worthy of more than a passing glance.

June 6. 151 Trifolium repens, L.

Trifolium pratense, L.

Carex pallescens, L.

7.

Lupinus perennis, L.

White Clover.

Red Clover.
Sedge.

Wild Lupine.

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170 Quercus prinoides, Willd. Little Chestnut Oak.

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