"But here are some large dark purple ones."

"These are also asters; they are to be found on dry wastes, in stony
barren fields, by the corners of rail-fences; they form large spreading
bushes, and look very lovely, covered with their large dark purple
flowers. There is no waste so wild, my lady, but the hand of the Most High
can plant it with some blossom, and make the waste and desert place
flourish like a garden. Here are others, still brighter and larger, with
yellow disks, and sky-blue flowers; these grow by still waters, near
milldams and swampy places. Though they are larger and gayer, I do not
think they will please you so well as the small ones that I first showed
you; they do not fade so fast, and that is one good quality they have."

"They are more like the china asters in the garden, nurse, only more
upright and stiff; but here is another sweet blue flower--can you tell me
its name?"

"No, my dear, you must ask your governess."

Lady Mary carried the nosegay to Miss Campbell, who told her the blue
flower was called the Fringed Gentian, and that the gentians and asters
bloomed the latest of all the autumn flowers in Canada. Among these wild
flowers, she also showed her the large dark blue bell flowered gentian,
which was indeed the last flower of the year."

"Are there no more flowers in bloom now, nurse?" asked the child, as she
watched Mrs. Frazer arranging them for her in a flower-glass.

"I do not know of any now in bloom but the golden rods and the latest of