The Burgess Flower Book for Children
By Thornton W. Burgess (1923)
Peter Rabbit and his friends discover the wild blossoms of the woods and meadows through the seasons: Skunk Cabbage in snow, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Trailing Arbutus, and Mountain Laurel.
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Chapter 1: Peter Rabbit Finds the First Sign of Spring
Peter hops to the Smiling Pool and discovers Skunk Cabbage melting its own chimney through the ice.
Peter Rabbit Finds the First Sign of Spring
Peter hops to the Smiling Pool and discovers Skunk Cabbage melting its own chimney through the ice.
[Complete Public Domain Work — Pre-1928 Edition.]
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Chapter 1: Peter Rabbit Finds the First Sign of Spring
Peter hops to the Smiling Pool and discovers Skunk Cabbage melting its own chimney through the ice.
Chapter 2: The Sweet Trailing Arbutus (Mayflower)
Brushing aside dead brown oak leaves in the Green Forest to find fragrant pink bells.
Chapter 3: Hepatica, Bloodroot, and the Spring Beauty
The fuzzy stems of Hepatica and the pure white star petals of Bloodroot opening in the April sunshine.
Chapter 4: Jack-in-the-Pulpit and the Green Dragon
The hooded green preacher standing beneath his canopy in the damp swamp soil.
Chapter 5: The Lady's Slipper in the Deep Woods
The moccasin flower: the pink orchid that traps bumblebees until they crawl out with pollen baskets full.
Chapter 6: The Violets and the Yellow Dandelion Gold
Blue, purple, white, and yellow violets carpeting the Old Pasture; the dandelion's parachute seeds.
Chapter 7: Wild Roses and the Pitcher Plant
Fragrant pink sweetbrier roses along the stone wall; the insect-eating pitcher plant in the bog.
Chapter 8: The Mountain Laurel and Rhododendron
The whole hillside bursting into clouds of pink and white cups; how stamens spring like cat-o-nine-tails.
Chapter 9: Water Lilies and Cardinal Flowers
The snowy white cup floating on the Smiling Pool and the scarlet torch of the Cardinal Flower by the brook.
Chapter 10: The Goldenrods and the Purple Asters
The farewell of autumn: fifty varieties of golden plumes waving before Old Man Winter arrives.
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