The sun., 1894-04-29
SPRINGS WATER- COLOR SNOW.

| United GIories or Wood and Dog.tooth vio.
| lets, Anemones, Cowsiips, nnd Cathins.
| Early April failed to make good the lavish
| promise Of March. and even after the middle
Of the month the damp. ungenial earth yielded
| grudgingly its blossoms. Toward the end oi
the third week In April. however. there began
to be hundreds OF blossoms where they had
thus far been counted only By tens. The
| spring beauty. which had beaten tho he
patca in bloom By some small fraction
Of week. now stars the woodlands
| By thousands. so that fastidious folks
| neglect its delicate pink k-streaked petals
for newer favorites. The doR-tooth violet.
which began to blossom here and there In the
same week with the earliest heraticas. now
springs In hundreds at the foot Of evory tree
| that spreads It's roots in damp soil hereabouts.
The mottied green leaf Of the dog-tooth violet
is some what like that OF the lily OF the valley
but more beautiful The blossom. however.
seldom reopens the day after II has been
plucked. But for this 1t would have an enor-
nous popularity on the flower standa
The last lingering hepaticas are staring
wide eyed and family purple. with here and
there @ missing petal. The characteristic
liver coloreI leaf Is as yet small and hirsute.
1t goes on developing long after the latest
blossom has fed and will carry q sort Of life
through the winter to guide lovers OF tho
blossom to its hiding place next spring. The
place Of the departed hepatica has been more
than filed by two varieties OF the anemone
One is the wind anemone. delicate marvel In
white. tinted here som metimes with the faint
pink Of the most exquisite sea shells. Its
leaf fits well with the delicacv Of the bios
som. and the strong slender stem completes
the perfect harmony OF the plant. The other,
the beii anemone. now hangs snow-drop like.
as IL each blossom bore heavy tear Only
those who have mado thorough acauaintancs
with the flower easily recognize it at . glance
In all it's disguises. Sometimes It Is almost
pure white with q faint cream tint, Again.
dark pink. purple. and almost dark blue The
young blossoms are often SO dark and uncer-
for . different 1owsr from any Of the full
blown blossoms.
,Cowslips which were light little buttons ten
and and small mai streams. They have % an un o. socIsbis
and and spreading tshtaiizins rich blossoms IS Il that M
seem more splendid than any of their breth-
tSoe te Bron1 % are ss' yes With cowsps and ali ssrts
Of s persons rich and PG0g 6 gather then h oy & the
na1s amy Dspts Ss q sY New Ensspd and also hum, M
parts Of tho suburban district. and is to be
found only by the Sillgent 4 few are
arc small. short -stemmed blossoms, not the
great splendid flowers OF white and gold known
further north and south. They have. however.
the characteristic faint odor to some persons
suggestive OF a refined musk. Conscientious
lovers OF the plant take care not to pluck all
tho blossoms In regions where Its propagation
needs 20 be encouraged
Wood yiolets. which were until q few days
isngthsned their stems. spread their petals.
and intensified their color. They will last for
many weeks. There is no native wild Hover
that Is mar ked by greater difference between
Its best and worst Here and there In some
trickls among messy stones. yiolets OF deep
purple hue are found with stems from six to
eight inches long. and looking almost OF an
other species from the tiny. low-lying violet Of
the fields.
The closing days OF April find hundreds OF
trees and shrubs that recently showed as sign
OF life only the glisteninR warmth OF bark.
newly moistened By mountain sap bearing
fanike ridged with the. record Of their recent
close packing There IL promise OF the dog
woods. white and faint pink. glory In hundreds
OF tiny buds. now held torchlike toward the
colored swelings, the muscular barn beam Is
hanging thick with catkins bees are hum
ming among the swamp willows In search OF
honey from oyer-ripe eatkins that fall into the
less. but ,glorlned with tiny yellow blossoms
In crowded clusters, makes perpstual sun
shine In the woodlands even on dull days. Low
plants. In the prettiness OF infanthood. wear
rich PuIples and reds and yellows that they
that comes 10 them in midsummer. Mean
while they help to lend variety TO the season,
for the spring after all ls mainly . sort OF
watsr-eolo. show where faint pinks, golden
tints. The natural wild flowers do not attempt
the splsndors Of crimson. and seldom even the
more brilliant blues In early spring