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FLOWER
CHILDREN
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HE LITTLE PLAYMATES
OF THE FAIRIES
ELIZABETH GORDON
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WILD FLOWER
CHILDREN
WILD FLOWER
CHILDREN
ELIZABETH GORDON
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JANET LAURA SCOTT
PUBLISHED BY
P. F. VOLLAND COMPANY
NEWYORK CHICAGO TORONTO
Copyright 1918
P. F. Volland Company
Chicago, U. S. A.
(All rights reserved)
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i7Jiis book is /oi^ing/y dedicated
to
my w'ee bit of a Scotch Grandmother,
ELSIE GORDON
and to a/I others Who iov^e
Children and ~PV7/d C?Vo Piters.
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Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2011 with funding from
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
http://www.archive.org/details/wildflowerchildrOOgord
— —
Let's Go Wild/lowering
WHAT a difference
were no wild flowers
it would make
to call us
if
HEPATICA
[Hepatica Triloba]
INNOCENCE
[Honstonia Caerulea]
SHOOTING STAR
[Dodecatheon Meadia]
PASQUE FLOWER
[Anemone Patens]
PAINTED TRILLIUM
[Trillium Undulation]
SOLOMON'S SEAL
[Polygonatum Bifloram]
MARSH MARIGOLD
[Caltha Palustris]
PASTURE ROSE
[Rosa Hamilis]
DAY FLOWER
[Commelina Communis]
RED CLOVER
[Trifolium Pratense]
BUNCH BERRY
[Cornus Canadettsis]
JEWELWEED
[Impatiens Biflora]
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COMMON MALLOW
[Malva Rotundijolia]
ROSE MALLOW
[Hibiscus Moscheutos]
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WILD FLOWER CHILDREN
GOLD THREAD
[Ceptis Trifolia]
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WILD FLOWER CHILDREN
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MONKEY FLOWER
[Mimuliis Ringens]
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[Prunella } ulgaris\
CATNIP
[Nepeta Cataria]
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WILD FLOWER CHILDREN
TWIN FLOWER
[Linnaea Borealis Americana]
BELL FLOWER
[Campanula Rapuuculoides)
STAR-FLOWER
[Trientalis Americana]
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WILD FLOWER CHILDREN
COMMON BUTTERCUP
[Ranunculus Acris]
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BELLWORT
] Uvularia Perfoliata]
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RHODODENDRON
[Rhododendron Maximum]
Rhododendron came to town
In her green and rose pink gown;
She's so pretty that we give
Her the nicest spots to live.
WILD FLOWER CHILDREN
LAMB-KILL
\Kalmia Augustifolia]
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CANADA LILY
[Lilium Canadense]
CREAM-CUP
[Platystemon Calijornica]
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CALIFORNIA LARKSPUR
[Delphinium Americanum]
CARDINAL FLOWER
[Lobelia Cardinalis]
WILD COLUMBINE
[Aquilegia Canadensis]
WHITE CLOVER
[Trifolium Repens]
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EVENING PRIMROSE
[Owogra Biennis]
FIREWEED
[Epilobium Aiigustifolium]
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LUPINE
[Lupinus Perrenis]
DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES
[Dicenl;a Cucullaria]
SKUNK CABBAGE
[Symplocarpus Foelidus]
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BLUE FLAG
[Iris Versicolor]
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PEARLY EVERLASTING
\Anaphalis Margaritacea]
WATER LILY
[Castalia Adoralo]
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WATER ARUM
[Calla Palustris]
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SKULL CAP
[Scutellaria Integrij'olia]
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BULL THISTLE
[Cirsium Lanceolatum]
COMMON MULLEIN
[Verbascum Thapsus]
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MOSS PINK
[Phlox Subulata]
CAT-TAIL
[Typha Latiiolia]
COMMON PLANTAIN
[Plant ago Major]
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LADY'S SORREL
Wxalis Cornucalate]
DOWNY PHLOX
[Phlox Pilosa]
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SMOOTH ASTER
[Aster Laevis]
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DOWNY GENTIAN
[Gentiana Puberula]
CLOSED GENTIAN
[Gentiana Andrewsii]
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O Bottle Gentian," begged the bees
'Open and give us honey, please?"
But Bottle Gentian shook his head,
'Belongs to Bumble Bee," he said.
WILD FLOWER CHILDREN
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SILVER ROD
[Solidago Bicolor]
VIRGIN'S BOWER
[Clematis Verticillaris]
GROUND IVY
[Nepela Hederacea]
CLINTONIA
[Clinton ia Boreal is]
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FROSTWEED
[Helianthemum Canadense]
THOROUGH-WORT
[Rupatoriam Perjoliatum)
VOLLAND
"NATURE CHILDREN BOOKS"
The Turned-Txtos, by Elizabeth Gordon. Illus-
trated by Janet Laura Scott.