The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-09

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Painted BY aature's hand,
Black, brows and green,
Surely no minister ever preached To-
fairer congregation than he! A large
family 0f vioIets are there--the large,
,lue, hoOd-leaved violet. the smaller,
paler blue Muhlcnberg's violet, the yell
low violet, and smallest and most OK
9uisitely sweet, nestling In the moss, wc
find tho white violet dAintily peaciled
with purple. Hanging their bells with
q revercnt mien are the bishops cape,
whose beautifully fringed petals remind
one Of snOw-hskes. Then there Ii the
white cryuroninm, or dog-tooth violet,
the dropping bellwort, the wild oxalis
or wood sorrcl; In the shadow ~ che
rocks We find the diciytra. cScxtlaria,or
DutchmAi's breaches, and along the
Indian traif blossoms the dropping tril.
lium. tho meadow rus, or silver loaf.
and the light blue flowers Of the pAlox
diraricatd, or Indian pink.
Who that rides through the woods and
over tho prairics tho first Of june, would
say there wore no flowers n our north
crn olimep We have Q = bouquet
gathered In . walk Of n few miles.as
lovely u look upon a. ono made Of the
moro ~pretentious garden flowers. There
was the brilliant scarlet Of the painted
cup, the white purity Of tho large,aOw.
cred trillium, at chalicc 70 hold the nm.
brosia OF the fairy queen, the deep
orange OF the pucc0on, the long spikes
Of the blue lupine. the beautiful whitss
rosy-lined ladfes'slippers, andthe small.
or yellow ones, and the lovely bells Of
the wild c~olumbipe. In June bloom
also the pinkish newers Of the cranes
bill or spotted geranium, the red and
yellow fingers Of the4glaucows corvallis
and the eth m0re 6esatifNlR oldss suvv..
dolls, and several varisiesof HelSuunfS
seal, the lovelicst being the two-leayed,
vieing with the lily OF the valley for
beauty and fragrance. A Mttlc' child
went from our midst aod - w wreath.
Cd the white, delicate flower 70 lay upon
her CONN, We Thought no flower could
Do lovelicf. riosc appropriate for one
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.Oat from The g0adsA dsy.".f i-agu,nsos .
Tho latter part Of juno and the 6rsl
part 81 July usher In the hArc.beil. q
beautiful, delicate ooWeg grUwiun in
the crevices Of the rocks; the sweesdpy.
r0lA lifts it bells above the gl0ssy lesvea
Trailing everywhere are the white and
purple howVTs u the Wild Pea; over an
b Aung tbs swssta0ssol tAowhiSU rose
end % the bosom u ths LAKE tAers liasl
b Uures ~ sool. the chssts. sweet
water lily" What can be moro beatei.
ful, %. n streng coaesuss wtth It. what
Lose pleasing than ~ Nawdsy,aiseer,. H.
yellow Nlytr Over the prairie. too. and
In tie meadows, noddink their graceful
heads, are the Turks caps, IltasSs lS&DeS..
bsSen, and IN thomasoAao klo00 thojktN0'
callssand the odd sldsi saddl> -aowersp
blossoms Of the singular pitcher plasts
Tho Indian pipe startles one Win IL
deathw IKE wkilsoessssstho elismskfs
wrsatAs tres and Ahrub with its white,
feathery bloom; the oolumbine drinhs
10 Aufurs from IL beautiful cup, md
- tho sun goesdown The pSimfdss spehs
IL stagry huvonDs ssgofs e*s~k1.s -
August passes On, ard In our cliwa(nd
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