Kingfisher's Necklace and Ruffle _Eleanor L. Skinner_ 252 Owl Wisdom _Frances Wright_ 256 Birds' Nests _Ernest Ingersoll_ 261 Hatto The Hermit: The Legend of a Bird's Nest _Selma Lagerlöf_ 267 UNDER GREENWOOD TREES Song _William Shakespeare_ 282 The Plucky Prince (Adapted from the poem by May Byron) _Eleanor L. Skinner_ 283 The Oak (poem) _H. F. Chorley_ 289 Summer Snow _Mrs. Humphrey Ward_ 290 The Boy Who Hated Trees _Alice L. Beckwith_ 293 The Friendly Summer Trees _Frank A. Waugh_ 301 Forest Day _Selma Lagerlöf_ 309 Woodman, Spare That Tree (poem) _George P. Morris_ 314 IN AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN Selection _William Brightly Rands_ 320 Selection _Eugene Field_ 320 How the Rose Became Queen _Albert Bigelow Paine_ 321 Morning-Glories (poem) _Madison Cawein_ 327 Why Roses Have Thorns (Algonquin Legend Retold) _Eleanor L. Skinner_ 329 Sweet Peas (poem) _John Keats_ 334 Legend of the Primrose _Ada M. Skinner_ 335 Evening Primroses (poem) _Helen Gray Cone_ 340 Legend of the Lily-of-the-Valley _Albert Bigelow Paine_ 341 Katrina's Sun-Dial _Henry Van Dyke_ 341 The Three Little Butterflies (Translated from Curtmann) _Ada M. Skinner_ 342 The Pinks (poem) _Robert Bridges_ 344 The Flower's Thanks _Lyman Abbott_ 345 Pansies (poem) _James Whitcomb Riley_ 347 The Little Heartsease 348 Legend of the Red Geranium (Mohammedan) _Eleanor L. Skinner_ 351 Enchanted Tulips (poem) _Maud Keary_ 352 Iris _Ada M. Skinner_ 353 The Yellow-Bird (poem) _James Whitcomb Riley_ 355 Origin of the Sunflower _Eleanor L. Skinner_ 356 The Bluebell (poem) _Anonymous_ 359 The Dew Mother's Gift to the Rose Eleanor _L. Skinner_ 360 A Yellow Pansy (poem) _Helen Gray Cone_ 362 Mignonette _Ada M. Skinner_ 363