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Young Dandelion generously offered hint some gold,
To buy a cap to keep his dear old head from being cold.
WIND-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.
ANEMONES and Bluets grew,
All the woodland pathway through;
Came along one day together,
Didn’t mind the April weather.
LILAC wears a purple plume,
Scented with a sweet perfume;
Very high-born lady she,
Quite proud of her family tree.
TRILLIUM said “Why, deary me,
I’m just as freckled as can be,”
Her cousin Tiger-Lily said,
“Well, look at me, I’m almost red.”
PANSIES like the shaded places;
With their little friendly faces,
Always seem to smile and say:
“How are all the folks to-day?”
JOHNNIE-JUMP-UP made a bet,
That he could pass for Violet.
What spoiled the little rascal’s game?
The scent he used was not the same.
LADY’S-SLIPPER in the wood,
Said she really wished she could
Have a pretty dress and go
With sister to the flower show.
MODEST little Violet
Was her loving Mother’s pet;
Did n’t care to go and play,
Rather stay at home all day.
COWSLIP dearly loves to romp
Around the bottom of the swamp;
She comes along in early spring,
Before the grass, or anything.
FRAGRANT little Mignonette,
In a shower got quite wet;
Laughed and said she did n’t care —
It looked like jewels in her hair.
APPLE BLOSSOM is a fairy,
Swinging in a tree so airy;
By and by the little sprite
Sprinkles the ground with pink and white.
LITTLE golden-hearted Daisy
Told the sun that she felt lazy;
Said the earth was quite too wet,
She thought she would n’t open yet.
LAUGHING, lucky Four-Leafed Clover
Is a most atrocious rover;
Does n’t stay long in one place,
Goes and never leaves a trace.
THIRSTY little Buttercup
Caught the dew and drank it up,
Said cool water was so good,
She did n’t seem to care for food.
SWEET little maid Forget-Me-Not,
She ’s such a darling little tot;
A blue-eyed child with modest ways,
She ’s never spoiled a bit by praise.
COMMON little Garden Pink,
Went away to school – just think!
When she came home for vacation,
Made them call her Rose Carnation.
BOUNCING BETTY stood all day
In the hedge row by the way;
By-and-by she crept outside,
And got so scared she nearly cried.
MORNING-GLORY thought she’d look
Through the window at the cook;
Did n’t know ’t was impolite
To give a body such a fright.
HONEYSUCKLE, pretty vine,