Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

taneous supply which fills the park with sweet
ness from May until October. As yet, human
taste, which frequently deforms Gods work,
mas let the park alone.
Perhaps the very handsomest flower / have
seen here is one. which l have heard called
moccasin and lady slipper but it is like no
moccasln or lady slipper / have ever seen
elsewhere It is the exquisite coloring which
makes 1t so rarely beautiful.
hise very early some morning; look out at
tne sunrise. select the rosiest and heeciest
cloud OF the sky; imagine its tints embodied
IN a a hover, and you will have better idea
oil the Minnesota moccasin than can give
you otherwise The pink is deepest round
the opening of the moccasin, and it fades
away to white veined with faint lines of deli
cate rose color.
The three leaves which stand out at the
back of each flower are pure waxen white.
p, NOW, with all these exquisite tints, consider
the fact that these blossoms are nearly as
large as hens egg, and you can form an
ldea OF what striking and gorgeous things
they are.
| shall never forget the first time my eyes
fell upon them Their home is in damp places.
My little flower girls were very eager to
show them to me, and we had tramped over
great deal Of wet ground in search of them
without success.
We began to think that
Like old Daddy Coon,
We had come to soon,'
anu were WdnuerluR rdLner QlSCOnSOldJely dlOnR
the banks of a little brook, for we had come
for moccasn flowers, and.we wanted moccasin
flowers, though we were treading upon bloom
all the time which was almost as lovely.
| chanced to cast my eye toward the mid
die of the stream, and there, in little, long,
narrow island, / saw what looked as if part
of that mornings sunrise might have lost
it sway and fallen to earth. gave an enthu-
siastic cry of triumph as if gold mine had
opened at my feet
A h1,y Sc oft hnfxy
we had the right boy in the right place on
this occasion, in the person Of the younger
brother of one of the girls. He and his
Newfoundland dog were of our party. lie
had been rather bored all morning and here
at last was a chance for little fun wading
after those flowers. His shoes and stockings
were off in twinkling and he started for the
island. When he had gotten about half way
across, he yelled "Quieksand!" and began to
go slowly and surely down,
While we three human beings were hesltat-
ing and panic-stricken, in rushed the dog,
and hauled the boy out by the rear OF his
trousers II seemed as though dreadful perils
lay between us and the coveted treasures, but
should never turn my back and 60 home with
out them. 49,.
and means. we finally plundered mans fence
of some of its rails, made little bridge. over
to the island, and received the reward of per-
severance, leaving scarcely moccasln Hover
upon the island, which looked no more like
a piece of lost sunrise, but like very ugly
little bog Of an island, as it, was;
There are great many beautiful lakes in
Minnesota Surely the water lilies which float
upon their bosoms are larger and winter, with
more golden hearts; than any ! have ever
seen elsewhere ] have gone out and gath
cred boat loads of them, and still felt as il
/ had not enough, and could never get
enough.
They close their nure metals every day of
their lives at four o'clock in the afternoon. and
sleep nnti 1.-The next mornings sun wakes them
up. Even after you have cut them off their
long stems and carried them into captivity, to
feast your eyes upon their loveliness at your
leisure they still preserve this excellent habit
of ''early to bed and early to rise"