. Birds and nature . speares favorite, and theDaisy was loved by Chaucer. No,no, objected the boys, tell us somefables about flowers. You can get in astory if you will. If there were time we might con-sider the romance which clings to theThistle, and become acquainted with thecurious history of the Broom Plant, theShamrock, and other flowers used asnational or historic emblems. Do tell us about the Broom Edith, for I always thoughtPlantagenet came from broom—a com-mon, old sweeping broom—and oftenwondered why a dynasty of sovereignswould take such a name; I never thoughtthat broom
. Birds and nature . speares favorite, and theDaisy was loved by Chaucer. No,no, objected the boys, tell us somefables about flowers. You can get in astory if you will. If there were time we might con-sider the romance which clings to theThistle, and become acquainted with thecurious history of the Broom Plant, theShamrock, and other flowers used asnational or historic emblems. Do tell us about the Broom Edith, for I always thoughtPlantagenet came from broom—a com-mon, old sweeping broom—and oftenwondered why a dynasty of sovereignswould take such a name; I never thoughtthat broom meant a flower. Every one laughed at Ediths mistake,and Aunt Jane said: As regards thefables of the flowers the boys ask for, Iwonder if you know how curiously theForget-me-not received its name, andhow the blood of— *Ajax tinged the Hyacinths? No; tell us; tell us, clamored allvoices. There! I hear the tea-bell must leave the Curious Fables ofthe Flowers until some other Paxson Drury. 128. From col. C;hi. Acad, ^ WOOD PEWEE. (Contopus viriiis.)M-r) I-ilesizc. A, W. , THE WOOD PEWEE. ( Co n top US virens.) Dear bird, I said, What is thy name?And thrice the mournful answer faint and far, and yet so near,—•Pe-wee! pe-wee! peer! For so I found my forest bird,— The pewee of the loneliest woods, Sole singer in these solitudes,Which never robins whistle stirred, Where never bluebirds plume intrudes. —J. T. Trowbridge, The Pewee. While the Wood Pewees seem toprefer the solitude of our deeper for-ests they will, at times frequent andeven nest in orchards which containlarge spreading- trees. Occasionallythey may be seen searching for theirinsect-food among the shade trees ofvillages and the trees of the largercity parks. Large and ample trees area necessary part of the environmentof these birds, for they belong to oneof the few species which are shade-lov-ing. The Pewees are not well-knownfor their plain plumage
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