THE following little work was originally issued in parts, month by month, as the seasons rolled on.
It is now republished, with many additions, in one volume, in the hope that it will prove more acceptable in this form, and help the young reader not only to make some acquaintance with the character and habits of many British plants common enough in the fields and woods of our native land, but, with the Lord's blessing, lead him also into those higher and more precious truths which may be gathered by "considering the lilies of the field.”
The object of this volume, therefore, is not to teach botany, but rather to show that every flower that blooms in the meadow or the forest, or by the wayside hedge, has a VOICE for “all who have ears to hear"—a language of its own which never ceases to tell of Him who made it.
To interpret that VOICE, and help the reader to learn that language, and thus lead the soul of the young believer into habitual communion with Christ Jesus our Lord, is the desire of the writer.
May He whose glory alone is sought bless these pages to that end!