New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-01
BEAUTIFUL MAY BLOOMS.
CHARMS THAT MAKE FIELD AND WOOD
LOVELY.
THE WAY TO GROW INTIMATE WITH NATURE
LITTLE OFFSPRING IS TO co TO IT'S

LITTLE OFFSPRING is TO co TO IT'S
NATIVE HEATH.
That We know 50 little people OF our bros
trees and flowers Is not due so much 10 any 'ac~
Of Unborn appreciation Of the beautiful as TO the
fact that We have been obliged to concentrate our
energies In directions which seemed TO 1ead 10 s'o
material advantage. leaving US lttle time " GA
pend on tho study Of such natural oo)ec's no
promised to yield no tangible remuneration pu
we are changing and each year larger porloh o,
our city population able TO seek the quiet ana
refreshn,ent OF the country, and to note lovingly
the outlines OF the leaves Of the forest trees anu
espy the smallest flower that grows beneath
Even the school children taught that tho
object Of vivid coloring ana striKhs iot'h !"
flower IL not made only for mans dehSht' Out ~,
tina reproduction Of the seed and continuance vi
the species attracting insects VINO aus. '"e "ie
giving pollen the flowers they feed upon H.eI,
month has II, peculiarly and interesting
plants and May can show fa'r array 49,
who learn the habits Of plants VIII soon o'soo'
where their fair friends dwell. and VIII learn WHICH
selects tho valley which the hillside. and as
general thing they may be looked TOT. WIN '''
certainty OF being found In their favorite hauh's
and when one learns to call them by name tney
take the first step toward a real intimacy "ith
them and do feel as the boy ala ABOUT 'ne
letters Of the alphabet that he knew the "'''u
fellows by sight. but couldn't tell 'the'r names
In hogs
many blossom that seems too lovely ror sucn
dismal surroundings But boys swamps and wet
pastures are well worth exploring. and are justly
dear 70 the botanical heart. for here sprlhsn's
from a bed OF soft, black mud may De seen '"o
pink arethusa fair rose leaf: the rare calypso
the singular trillums the graceful ADDER s-tohsuo
and the remarkable cypripedium or lady-silp-
per-" IN. beautiful spring orchs. the only orchi'
that blossoms early and which has the most cell
cate white and purple tints. In moist woodIan u
The staphylea bladdernut ATTRACTS s,Ge
banks and IN dry fields the airy wd co' t,a
and pretty co-ydalis blossoms nod IN me s,,b tbe
softest frills Of exquisite leaves and odd flowers
OF the puchmans breeches ana m b sqGrrai In
dim woodlands little groups of fuzzy CROWNS dp.
FROM ony QUO @S p1t deli
cato fern fronds gradually uncur. ,-.oros,,rc
OF May dover. John Burroughs named one S 9s
his charming books Of ou,-of-(<or NE wa Ike
b2ds The dandeon tes look FOR the
swallow. the dog-toothed violet for the wo o.
oirds are win US. May is the month for butter liter
cups their gold CLEANS In the meadows ana tneir
rank beauty by brooks and streams. In the WOOD
lands and by roadsides Is oea 10
hsar and pause to listen 70 In hs MaiG STAT, d6ss
not uT Pins' ts 'o1pS famed M Woodland
treasures: not only the Orange Mountains, but the
pm pm and the dweli.r IN The West ands on tho
hovsr-,.ntsd pra!r!cs profusion which the Easi-
trr fields ca not approach. on the hlDs OF Penn,
syivania msy he found the brilliant flame -colored
azalea and the North American pawpaw relative
OF the tropical custard- apple also the pink bios
SONS OF the Judas tree and several varieties OF
iarkspur In low ,hickets found the white
adder-tongue and the dwarf white trillium. An
other beautiful flower Is the American co"sHp.
called the shooting star. This Is also round on
the Western praries well as In Pennsylvania.
Our May path is literally strewn with flowers. and
with all tho lovely array before us We often pass
tho new growth OF leaves unheedcd
There many leaves as exquisite "a the now
err and delicately colored. The humble but
ever dear grass springs everywhere. even between
the crcvtces OF city stones. Our eyes and feet
love It. II Is the first growth that greets us In
the spring and the last 10 leave US In the au-
tumn.