. Through the year with Thoreau . buds are protected by the with-ered leaves, oak leaves, which partly cover them,so that you must look pretty sharp to detect thefirst flower. These plants blossom by main strength,as it were, or the virtue that is in them, — not grow-ing by water, as most early flowers, — in dry copses. Journal, xii, 114. April 29, 1852. The mayflower on the point ofblossoming. I think I may say that it will blossomto-morrow. The blossoms of this plant are remark-ably concealed beneath the leaves, perhaps for pro-tection. It is singularly unpretending, not seekingto exhibit or
. Through the year with Thoreau . buds are protected by the with-ered leaves, oak leaves, which partly cover them,so that you must look pretty sharp to detect thefirst flower. These plants blossom by main strength,as it were, or the virtue that is in them, — not grow-ing by water, as most early flowers, — in dry copses. Journal, xii, 114. April 29, 1852. The mayflower on the point ofblossoming. I think I may say that it will blossomto-morrow. The blossoms of this plant are remark-ably concealed beneath the leaves, perhaps for pro-tection. It is singularly unpretending, not seekingto exhibit or display its simple beauty. It is the mostdelicate flower, both to eye and to scent, as yet. Itsweather-worn leaves do not adorn it. If it had freshspring leaves it would be more famous and sought after. Journal, iii, 480. WOOD ANEMONES April 28, 1856. Many Anemone nemorosa in fullbloom at the further end of Yellow Thistle Meadow,in that warm nook by the brook, some probably aday or two there. I think that they are thus early. W^^^Mk L 17 : on account of Miless dam having broken away andwashed off all the snow for some distance there, inthe latter part of the winter, long before it meltedelsewhere. It is a warm corner under the south sideof a wooded hill, where they are not often, if everbefore, flooded. Journal, viii, 315. May 2, 1855. The anemone is well named, for seenow the nemorosa, amid the fallen brush and leaves,trembling in the wind, so fragile. Journal, vii, 352. May 9, 1852. To TriUium Woods. These lowwoods are full of the Anemone nemorosa, half openedat this hour and gracefully drooping, — sepals witha purple tinge on the under side, now exposed. Theyare in beds and look like hail on the ground; theirnow globular flowers spot the ground white. Journal, iv, 40. C 18 ] RABBITS AND PARTRIDGES What is a country without rabbits and partridges?They are among the most simple and indigenousanimal products; ancient and venerable familiesknown to antiquity as to modern
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