It would seem to me that no tribute to Miss Pierce and her school could be complete without a mention of her “_door-yard_” with its odd assortment of flowers. The many wild plants scattered here and there, Mr. Norton told me were transplanted by the pupils,—perhaps while studying Botany. There were Solomon’s Seal, White Baneberry with its creamy flowers in early summer followed in autumn by a stiff cluster of oval white berries with black dots on thickened ink stems, the wandlike wreathy stem of Carrion Flower with its greenish blossoms and dark slate-colored berries, Trilliums of more than one species, Violets, Anemones, Bloodroot, Celandine, Adder tongues and two-leafed Solomon’s Seal and others. I have often tried to think how the flower beds were originally laid out. There must have been one following the front fence—all well kept yards had that—possibly one by the north yard fence and another following the circular walks to the front door. But all traces are now obliterated! I can’t quite feel that these woodsy plants that had so long outlived the young girls who planted them _belonged_ to the _present_ generation to uproot and destroy. I miss them and always shall whenever I pass the place. There certainly could have been no sweeter “keep sake” left by the scholars to the town than these flowers. The girls may not have had far to carry the roots for the woods were nearer the village then than now. Mr. Norton told me that when Miss Sarah and Miss Mary Pierce were little children they were sent across the street to Parson Champion’s and _lost their way in the bushes_ and men were called out to find them! At that time the road was near the west side walk and the rest of the street was a tangle of bushes. Miss Pierce must have had a deep love for flowers and a rare faculty for impressing her scholars. The six or eight old pupils of whom I have had any knowledge were peculiarly fond of plants. Years ago when I had a little school in town Miss Harriet Grant brought Fanny to me and in telling me of her attainments said she had _worked her sampler_ at home and was well advanced in Grammar, she having taught her, as she herself had learned, from Murray’s Grammar, which she had used at Miss Pierce’s school. She considered that the best textbook on the subject. She spoke with as nearly enthusiasm as her quaint prim manners would allow of her instruction in Botany while at that school and the pleasure it had been to her through life, and of a number of rare plants she had found. LETTER FROM MR. J. DEMING PERKINS. LITCHFIELD, March 3^d, 1897. * * * * *