Country Life
WILD FLOWER. SAVIOURS. • At Easter time,' when the Masque flower blossoms on the downs, and the woods and fields are bright with anemone, primrose, daffodil ; and soon with bluebell and cowslip and the rest—at Easter time when the country habit is set in motion and the homes of the fritillary and snowflake are marked down for future visits—it is right and proper that at this season a special and particular effort should be put forth to save the country and especially the country flowers from the excesses of their admirers. The touch of Tom Tulliver, who was very fond of birds, " that is of throwing stones at them," is common. Urban trippers are devoted to flowers, that is of plucking them in wasteful number and uprooting them at the most destructive season. How can the excesses of the devotees be restrained ?
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