Later in the season it bears small, yellow flowers not unlike a very small buttercup blossom, and it is said to be an excellent remedy for chills and fevers, and it tastes almost as bitter as quinine.

There are bushels of dandelion blossoms, some of which we shall pick tomorrow, and from them make dandelion wine." "And what use will my thrifty Aunt make of the blue violets ?" mischievously inquired Mary.
"The violets," replied her Aunt, "I shall dig up carefully with some earth adhering to their roots and place them in a glass bowl for a centrepiece on the table for my artistic and beauty-loving niece; and if kept moist, you will be surprised at the length of time they will remain 'a thing of beauty' if not 'a joy forever.' And later, Mary, from them I'll teach you to make violet beads." "Aunt Sarah, notice that large robin endeavoring to pull a worm from the ground.

Do you suppose the same birds return here from the South every Summer ?" "Certainty, I do." "That old mulberry tree, from the berries of which you made such delicious pies and marmalade last Summer, is it dead ?" "No; only late about getting its Spring outfit of leaves.".