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by M. T.

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Flower Children
The

Little Cousins of

the Field

and Garden

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2012 with funding from

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Flower

Childre
The

Little

^VP

ike Field arid

Cousins of

Qurden

Ad

Elizabeth Gordon

brawings by

M.T.Ross

Published

P.F.Volland

by

& Company

Chicago

Copyright 1910
& CompanyAll Rights Reserved

P. F. Volland

lo every (Shdd^flower iked Blooms

jVnikin

me

Qlorious (jaraert^

lnai "wb Gall Home

This Little Book^
is

Lovinaly T)ediealed.

FOREWORD
A

flotver,

a child, and a mother

These three are never

so

a flozuer, and a mothers love

child,

heart

far apart.

This world's best gifts from the world above.

QLL

children are flowers in

the garden of God's love.

is

the mystical coun-

terpart of a child.

To the understand-

flower

ing heart a child

flower

is

a child.

is

a flower

God made

He made
Then He gave

and

flowers

on the day that

the world

beautiful.

the world

children to play amid the flowers.

God

has implanted in the breasts of

children a natural love for flowers

and no one

who

his heart has

keeps that love in

entirely forsaken the

land of childhood.

In preparing this book the author

and the

artist

have attempted to show

the kinship of children and flowers,

and

it

is

ones into

comes

hope that the little

whose hands this volume

their

will find herein the

proof that

knowledge of what flowers

their

really are

true and that their love

is

for the friendly blossoms

is

returned

many-fold.

To
this

you, then,

book

is

little

child-flowers,

lovingly offered as an

expression of thankfulness to chil-

dren for the joy and sweetness with

which they have

filled

my

life.

ELIZABETH GORDON

FLOWER. CfflLbRENgM-.

AID CROCUS: "My!

Most wish

had not been

Here

the fields are

Glad

wore

this

my

wind

is

so bold;

still all

brown;

eider-down."

cold!

FLOWER. CHILDREN

RAILING ARBUTUS,
grow beneath

Loves

to

Other

folks

She

would

says that

's

find

you know,

the snow.
it

absurdly

chilly,
silly.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

AGER little
Came

Daffodil

too soon

and got

a chill;

Jack Frost pinched her ear and

"Silly child, go back to bed."

said,

FLOWER. CHILDREN

YACINTH,
Comes

the pretty thing,

to us in early

spring;

Says she always loves to hear

Easter bells a-ringing clear.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

ADY TULIP, stately dame,

From

across the ocean

Liked

this

came;

country very much,

Although she only spoke

in

Dutch.

FLOWER, CHILDREN

L ILY-OF-THE-VALLEY
She guessed she was

said

a sleepy-head;

But she got up and dressed for town

In her new green tailored gown.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

USSY WILLOW

p Wish

some one would

Other

And

said,

kittens get

roll

and

"Meow!
tell

me how

around

frolic

on the ground."

FLOWER. CHILbkENliP

p RIMROSE
She loves

But

if

She

's

to

is

the dearest thing.

play out doors in spring;

a little child

happy on

the

is ill,

window

sill.

FLOWER, CHILbRENS-

RANDFATHER

Dandelion

had

such

pretty hair,

Along came

a gust of wind and left his

head quite bare;
Young Dandelion generously offered him
some gold,
To buy a cap to keep his dear old head
from being cold.

FLOWER, CHILDREN

fIND-FLOWER

on an April day,

Came

along and said she'd stay;

Wore

her furs snug

as

you

please,

Said she liked the nice, cool breeze.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

NEMONES

and Bluets grew,

All the woodland pathway through;

Came
Did

along one day together,

n't

mind

the April weather.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

L ILAC

wears

purple plume,

Scented with a sweet perfume;

Very high-born lady

she,

Quite proud of her family

tree.

FLOWER, CHILDREN

RILLIUM
I

'm

Her

said

"Why, deary me,

just as freckled as

can be,"

cousin Tiger-Lily said,

"Well, look

at

me,

'm almost red."

FLOWER. CHILDREN

jANSIES
With

like the

their little friendly faces,

Always seem

"How

shaded places;

to smile

and say

are all the folks to-day?"

FLOWER. CHILfckENfS&'

OHNNIE-JUMP-UP
That he could pass for

What
The

spoiled the

made

a bet,

Violet.

little rascal's

scent he used

game?

was not the same.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

L ADY'S-SLIPPER

in the

wood,

Said she really wished she could

Have

a pretty dress

With

sister to the

and go

flower show.

'FLOWER, CHILDREN

ODEST
Was
Did

little

Violet

her loving Mother's pet;

n't

care to go and play,

Rather stay

at

home

all

day.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

OWSLIP
Around

dearly loves to

romp

the bottom of the

She comes along

swamp

in early spring,

Before the grass, or anything.


FLOWER. CHILDREN

FRAGRANT

little

Mignonette,

In a shower got quite wet;

Laughed and
It

said she did n't care

looked like jewels in her hair.

FLOWER. CHILbRENf^i

A PPLE BLOSSOM
*

Swinging

By and by

is

a fairy,

in a tree so airy;

the

little sprite

Sprinkles the ground with pink and white.

FLOWER. CHILbRENfli

L ITTLE
Told

golden-hearted Daisy

the sun that she felt lazy;

Said the earth was quite too wet,

She thought she would

n't

open

yet.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

L AUGHING,
Is a

Does

lucky Four-Leafed Clover

most atrocious rover;

n't stay

long in one place,

Goes and never leaves

a trace.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

HIRSTY

little

Buttercup

Caught the dew and drank

it

up,

Said cool water was so good,

She did

n't

seem

to care for food.

FLOWER. CHILbkEN

iWEET
She

's

little

maid Forget-Me-Not,

such a darling

little tot;

blue-eyed child with modest ways,

She

's

never spoiled

a bit

by

praise.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

OMMON

little

Went away

to

Garden Pink,

school

just think!

When she came home for vacation,

Made them call her Rose Carnation.

FLOWER CHILDREN ^S-"

&m,

B OUNCING BETTY

stood

all

day

In the hedge row by the way;

By-and-by she crept outside,

And

got so scared she nearly cried.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

ORNING-GLORY
Through
Did

To

n't

the

thought she

window

know

't

at the

cook;

was impolite

give a body such a fright.

'd

look

FLOWER. CHILDREN

ONEYSUCKLE,
Loved about

Thought

To

visit

't

pretty vine,

the porch to twine.

was

just too sweet for

words

with the humming-birds.

'FLOWER. CHILbELEHim-

ILD ROSE

runs round everywhere,

Likes to breathe the nice fresh air;

Even her high-bred connection

Cannot match her pink complexion.

FLOWER. CHILDREN &-'

OLUMBINE
Dances with

's

happy

fairies

sprite,

every night;

She feeds them honey when they

That

's

why

the fairies love her so.

go,

FLOWER. CHIL&RENfSp

UNNING LITTLE
Smiles up at you

Looks

Had

as

Blue-eyed Grass,

you pass;

as if a bit of sky,

fallen

down from 'way up

high.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

X TASTURTIUM
^ ^ He
His

grew

so big

and

tall,

climbed up on the garden wall

little sister

Dear

could

n't

child, she never

go

seemed

to

grow.

FLOWER, CHILDREN

lANSY SAID
What made

she wished she

Lark-spur look

Larkspur smiled and said

'Cause she

't

knew
so blue;

was only

felt a little lonely.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

H,

HAVE you seen the sweet Briar-Rose?

She wears the very dearest

clothes,

hat the sweetest ever seen,

And

dainty frock

all

shades of green.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

B LUEBELL
Through

softly,

gently sways

the long hot

summer

days;

Lives where nothing else can grow,-

That

's

why we

all

love her

so.

FLOWER. CHILbkENill:

G ERANIUM

wears

a scarlet

With trimmings shading

Her

cousin

is

gown,

into

a dainty sprite,

She dresses modestly

in white.

brown

FLOWER. CHILDREN

iWEET ALYSSUM
On

any

little

plays around

piece of ground;

Takes up hardly any room,

And

sheds a very sweet perfume,

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

JMPLE LOOKING
Helped

Blue-eyed Flax

the farmer pay his tax;

Was

busy

Said

it

all

was

the season through;

n't

hard

to do.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

LEEDING-HEART,
Told her woes

to

against the wall,

one and

all.

said,

"Forget

Life treats you the

way you

Live-Forever

it;

let it."

FLOWER CHILDREN

iWEET PEA
Give her

said she thought they

a dress that

was

n't

white

So Mother Nature chose for her

All the colors that there were.

might

FLOWER, CHILMLENf3

NAP-DRAGON
He

is

so

plays his tricks on

very bold,

young and old;

Hides behind the old stone wall,

And

shoots his

pop-gun

at us all.

'FLOWER. CHILDRENggfe

R AGGED ROBIN

on a lark

Stole inside of Central Park;

There they treated her

She soon looked

so well,

like a city Belle.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

i^.

\/ii.V-.

v'.fS,

<^

ARROW PINK

and Yarrow White,

Stole in on the lawn one night;

Gardener said they had no

But they did

n't

sense,

take offense.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

RIS

in a

country garden,

Politely said, "I beg your pardon,

But I'm from sunny France you

And my

real

name

is

see,

Fleur-de-Lis."

FLOWER, CHILDREN

p EONY

'S a

She does

charming

lady,

n't like a spot too

shady;

Likes to live out in the light,

Dressed

in red or

pink or white.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

*fe#%a

NCE THEY LOST

Mother

said,

sweet Babe Verbena,

"Oh, have you seen her?"

But pretty soon the dear was found

Creeping on the nice

soft

ground.

'FLOWER. CHILDR-ENSM:

AINTY LITTLE
Lost her

Played

way and

all

Maidenhair
did

n't

care;

day, the naughty child,

With common

ferns,

who

run quite wild.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

OUNG
Rang

Sweet William, sad

to tell,

the Canterbury's Bell,

"Just for that," his father said,

"William, come out

in the shed!"

FLOWER. CHILDkEN|Si)$

X TAUGHTY
*

little

Four-O'Clock

Gave her mother

quite a shock;

Stayed awake

nearly

Oh, she

's

till

always up

six,

to tricks.

'FLOWER CHILDRENtaS-

YOU

i When

'RE
you

very, very

're

walking

good
in the

wood,

Twin- Flower babies you may

Sheltered by some old pine

see,

tree.

FLOWER CHILDREN

LL THE SUMMER, Milkweed

Like

a dear,

But on

good

a bright

little

played,

maid;

October day,

She found some wings and flew away.

FLOWER, CHILDREN

ANDYTUFT

and Marigold

Live outdoors until

it's

cold

Sturdy maids with glowing faces

Blooming

in the bleakest places.

FLOWER. CHILDREN|E3&-

"ACK ROSE said, ambitiously,

He would grow to be a tree
But

his

Dad

Be contented

said, "Better far

as

you

are."

FLOWER. CHILDREN

7ATER-LILY
Of

is

floating in a

Tantalizing

very fond

sunny pond.

little

creature,

Likes to grow where one can't reach her.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

OUNG COCKS-COMB was so very vain,

Hated

to stay

Said he would
If he

out in the rain;

n't so

had other

much

care,

clothes to wear.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

N THE BORDER of

the

wood

All alone the Ghost-Flower stood,

Like

moonbeam

Such

very pretty

dressed in white,
sight.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

^ *v

OLDEN-ROD,
Grew up

the lucky chappy,

strong and

Slept out doors,

if

tall

you

All those cold nights

'11

in

and happy.

remember,
September.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

ADAME DAHLIA,
Is a

very stately dame

Her

family

It

a joy to

is

like her

is

so polite,

meet them,

quite.

name,

FLOWER. CHILDREN

ISS California Poppy said

She liked the sunshine on her head,

Though her
Thought

friends

this

might think her

foolish,

country rather coolish.


FLOWER. CHILDREN

ORN FLOWER,
Gay young

Went

Bachelor Button's

sister

dog, he never missed her

to live

with Mrs. Corn,

So she would not be forlorn.

FLOWER. CHILDRENill-

AT-TAIL, growing
Thought

his

Mother very

Because she wouldn't

With Blue

marsh,

in the

let

harsh,

him play

Flag-lilies all the day.

FLOWER. CHILDREN
i*3-

iRINCE'S

Grew
Did

straight and

against the garden wall;

n't

Came

FEATHER,

care to play, said he

of a royal family.

tall,

'FLOWER, CHILDREN

c RIMSON RAMBLER
He

did

n't like the

Thought he
Over

one day

said,

old homestead;

'd travel, so

he went

the wall on mischief bent.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

RANDDAD
Says

For

it is

all

SAGE,

the dear old

splendid plan

young children

Says they did so

to

obey;

in his day.

man,

"FLOWER. CHILDREN

N OW
To

LET

the banners be unfurled,

greet the fairest of the world;

Come

Roses

Madame

all,

and pay your duty:

the Queen,

American Beauty!

FLOWER. CHILDREN

OLDEN-GLOW
I

'm

just

Liked

it

going

said "Well, I

to start

'way up in the

Sent back word he

know

and grow."
air

'd stay

up

there.

FLOWER. CHILDREN^:-:

B ACHELOR BUTTON,
Found

O, most shocking

a hole in his silk stocking;

But he mended

it

so neatly,

Covered up the place completely.


'FLOWER CHILDREN!^}

OLLY SUNFLOWER,
Said

To
I

" I

'm sure

big and yellow,

lucky fellow.

be small must seem so queer

get a splendid

view from here.

'

FLOWER, CHILimENf3i

iTATELY Lady

Hollyhock,

In a lovely colored frock,

Taught her children every day

Precisely

what

to

do and

say.

FLOWER, CHILbkENlSS:

INNIA

stands so very straight

Just inside the garden gate;

Sometimes

Never

single,

sometimes double.

gives a bit of trouble.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN^-

B ITTER-SWEET
Would

Went

live

with some good, friendly tree

to visit

Stayed

all

concluded she

Madame

Oak,

winter, for a joke.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

AUCY LITTLE
When

Black-eyed Susan,

her mother caught her snoozin',

Rubbed her

sleepy eyes and said

She guessed she

'd

toddle off to bed.

'FLOWER CHILbRENf':

IGHTSHADE has
But he

is

purple berry,

very naughty, very;

Little children never should

Play with one

who

isn't

good.

FLOWER

ENTIAN

growing by the brook,

Bending low

At her

CHILbRENiSi-)

to get a

look

pretty face so sweet,

Stepped too near and wet her

feet.

FLOWED CHILDREN

CARLET POPPY
Said she

'd like

in the wheat,

some grains

to eat,

But when Head Wheat gave her some

She made believe

't

was chewing-gum.

FLOWER, CHILDREN

ULLEIN
He was
Still

With

grew up rough-and-tumble.

Irish,

he was
his

very humble

a jolly fellow,

funny head

all

yellow.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

ilR

THISTLE

is

His manners are

You

He

find

Scotchman

a trifle

bluff,

rough;

him everywhere you go

travels on the wind,

vou know.

FLOWER. CHILbREN^E'

ILD CUCUMBER said he guessed,

He 'd take a little trip out West,
Thought he

And maybe

'd stay a

he

'd see

year or two,

something new.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

B URDOCK
With

and

the gardener don't agree;

But Burdock

He

'11

his family,

stick to

says

you

if

he

's

your friend,

until the end.

FLOWER, CHILDREN

HINA ASTER thought he

The proper

thing,

But

all his

He

'd better

'd

and wear

do
queue;

brothers laughed and said

cut his hair instead.

FLOWER. CHILDREN

HRYSANTHEMUM
She

's

a fine lady,

She comes

About

if

to see us

the time

is

Japanese,

you please;
once

a year,

Thanksgiving

's

here.

FLOWER, CHILDREN

(OISON IVY

Why

did

n't

know

every one disliked her so;

Made

her feel so very sad

When

people said she was so bad.

'FLOWER. CHILDREN

N A SWEET
i On
"I

velvet dress of red,-

Christmas Eve, Poinsettia said:

'11

This

hang
is

my

stocking up because

the night for Santa Claus."

FLOWED CHILDREN

EVER SEE

And good
Makes no

He

a plant so jolly,

fellow-ish as Holly?

difference

what

's

the weather,

and Christmas come together.

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