Celebrating Spring in a Wildflower Garden: A 1938 Diary Entry from a Canadian Naturalist
"Cautious little down covered stems and buds that will later become Hepaticas..."
April 4, 1938
On this day, Canadian Naturalist Charles Joseph Sauriol wrote in his diary:
For a few minutes this morning I fumbled around my Wild Flower garden...
Little points which will soon be Bloodroots.
Cautious little down covered stems and buds that will later become Hepaticas...
Narrow leaves - the forerunners of spring beauty.
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Charles Joseph Sauriol in the Don
Bloodroot in bloom - early spring
Hepaticas in full bloom
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