RAMBLES IN SEARCH

OF

WILD FLOWERS,

AND

HOW TO DISTINGUISH THEM.

BY

MARGARET PLUES,

AUTHOR OF 66 RAMBLES IN SEARCH OF FERNS;" "RAMBLES IN SEARCH OF MOSSES."

"And the earth brought forth grass and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the
tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind, and God saw that it
was good."-GEN. i. 12.

LONDON:

JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER

OFFICE,

162, FLEET STREET, E.C.

1863.

LONDON:

PRINTED AT THE HORTICULTURAL PRESS,

17, JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEET STREET.

MUSER

DEDICATION.

IN memory of the pleasant conversations on Wild Flowers, which ever followed upon our returning blossom-laden from childish rambles through field and wood, and which sowed in our minds a love for the study of Nature, this book is dedicated with tender reverence and gratitude

TO MY MOTHER.

"Thus do we think of her and keep unbroken

The bond that Nature gives;

Thinking that our remembrance, though unspoken,

May reach her where she lives."