. [Scientific lectures]. MONTPELIER, FREEMAN STEAM PRINTING HOUSE AND BINDERY. 1882. V^ ILD FLOWERS AND OBNOXIOUS PLANTS. BT DR. HIRAM A. CUTTING. OTIK FRONTISPIECE. Through the generosity of James Vice, that noted and honorabledealer in plants and flower seeds at Rochester, N. Y., we are enabledto give in this volume a frontispiece of early spring flowers, foundwild in Vermont, yet of surpassing loveliness. How eagerly theyouth of our State search for those first flowers on May day. Thosebrave little fellows that, unheeding frosty nights, herald the ap--proach of summer. Some do not clai
. [Scientific lectures]. MONTPELIER, FREEMAN STEAM PRINTING HOUSE AND BINDERY. 1882. V^ ILD FLOWERS AND OBNOXIOUS PLANTS. BT DR. HIRAM A. CUTTING. OTIK FRONTISPIECE. Through the generosity of James Vice, that noted and honorabledealer in plants and flower seeds at Rochester, N. Y., we are enabledto give in this volume a frontispiece of early spring flowers, foundwild in Vermont, yet of surpassing loveliness. How eagerly theyouth of our State search for those first flowers on May day. Thosebrave little fellows that, unheeding frosty nights, herald the ap--proach of summer. Some do not claim to love nature; but whoamong us, when spring is long delayed, does not welcome the firstfiowers as they would the sight of long-absent friends ? Even thesymplocarpus, or skunk-cabbage, has a cordial greeting. But,wherever it ^rows, the epigcea repens— May-flower, or trailingarbutus, as it is commonly called—is loved, and not alone for itsbeauty. Often seen double (it is represented in both forms in theplates), and
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