. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. Jhâ-fi^yt.^ 35. FIVE-FINGER. POTENTILL* CANADENSIS. I ROSE FAMILY.) jt^ms 'lfi:Â¥itbfttl, stitiiitti! ' nHet! :,tln>i,/fx , filtii's Ji:r, /Hilf ytlUiu the (ipftfxtfanff of ft-' ifarlrti. prltolrd ; trafii-ft iittite i IVtfttHttll. I n^>alf. LOWERS are oft cherished not only for their intrinsic tK-auty, hut for their power to ncall the K"I(kn iiionRiits of hfe. Have lovers' hands nivcr bLcn unclaspeil to ijalher flowors just as beautiful as the anemone, the spritii;l)eautv
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. Jhâ-fi^yt.^ 35. FIVE-FINGER. POTENTILL* CANADENSIS. I ROSE FAMILY.) jt^ms 'lfi:Â¥itbfttl, stitiiitti! ' nHet! :,tln>i,/fx , filtii's Ji:r, /Hilf ytlUiu the (ipftfxtfanff of ft-' ifarlrti. prltolrd ; trafii-ft iittite i IVtfttHttll. I n^>alf. LOWERS are oft cherished not only for their intrinsic tK-auty, hut for their power to ncall the K"I(kn iiionRiits of hfe. Have lovers' hands nivcr bLcn unclaspeil to ijalher flowors just as beautiful as the anemone, the spritii;l)eautv, and the violet? So it would seem, for there is in e .y field a witchery which has no recorded spell anion^ ;dl the tributes of the poets. ^ Till lookeil upon by a loviiij; ; \i) loving eye fallen upon the modest little five-finj;er ; its l)eauty is unpraised. Many a stony field owes nuich !â 'he (ive-fniKer. Kindly and with pity the bright little cups of gold ami the strawl)erry-like leaves cover and conceal the barren ugliness of gnuiid which prouder flowers would scorn to shade. Like the licliens and liepaticas that hide the gray rock-surfaces 'neath a n:antle of green and iniq)le, red anltis-Ia»ce'>/iUe. smit'th , 'Oi clnltfirj, afififjnnt; ;citfi .'i hffoie thf letufi ; p,-t,iL »niir: ij/ri- firtiplult fiink, salvtr-thapfj, four-lobftl; ttamfn, eifht tn HHirthrt, boi-He on ihr calvx-tH^: stigma capitaU, utnte or neaiiv «'; Jtuwers smfxefiUH by rM turrieSt U1{N time was young and gods and goddesses c me to earth in search of human loves, Apollo wooed the water-nymph, I); phne. .Most beautiful of the n\ niphs Daphne, of (laea, the spirit of Hie earth, lint the jiassion of the god awoke no re .ponse within her breast, she tied from his .ulvances. .\t last, lo esca])e his too ardent pursuit, she transforiiied herstlf into a laurel bush. Thus her name has become that of the laurel like mczereum. Our is not .so unkind to
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