. Pine Hills bird notes . species of wild floweringplants, many of which my class would I could hand them one of these little pimper-nels, not larger than my hand, that hold theirscarlet flowers not more than two inches abovethe sandy beach they hug so closely, they mightwonder and perhaps ask where I saw the beautycf which I write. I find it has stirred one poetsheart and set a sympathetic pen in motion. MissEmily Shaw Farman writes: Bright little wayfarer in scarlet cap, With purple tuft atop and doublet green,Floras pet page sometime thou must have been, Fallen from favor by so
. Pine Hills bird notes . species of wild floweringplants, many of which my class would I could hand them one of these little pimper-nels, not larger than my hand, that hold theirscarlet flowers not more than two inches abovethe sandy beach they hug so closely, they mightwonder and perhaps ask where I saw the beautycf which I write. I find it has stirred one poetsheart and set a sympathetic pen in motion. MissEmily Shaw Farman writes: Bright little wayfarer in scarlet cap, With purple tuft atop and doublet green,Floras pet page sometime thou must have been, Fallen from favor by some strange mishap; It touches me to note the calm contentWith which thou dost accept thy lowly lot,And makest gay some poor, neglected spot With thy glad presence; pitching thy small tent Upon the farmers homely garden path,Or close beside the dusty roadside way;Heedless of high or low, if but a ray Of heavens golden sunshine thou canst catch,Watching and waiting, living not in vain —A tiny prophet of the coming Around Monmouth and along the ocean andShrewsbury shores, from Highland Beach toLong Branch, it is with flowers as with birds,there are not as many species as we have at PineHills and vicinity. Then, too, the species in somelocalities are different and less abundant. Theox-eye daisy, Black-eyed Susan and the buttercupthat grow by the acre at home we hunt for atMonmouth. And so with the goldenrods andour beautiful asters. Of the birds I will write at another time. August 17, 1908. 40 VII. AGAIN robin, bluebird, blackbird, songsparrowand meadow lark have returned to PineHills. It is not essential to fix the exact date ofarrival nor to be first to note their coming. Toknow that they are on the wing, moving this way,is a sufficiently pleasing thought to quicken thepulse, give a roseate hue to March snows andMarch brown fields, and to temper her nippingwinds. But the birds are here; the robin back in thewoods, the bluebird in the orchard, the song-sparrow at the f
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