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VOL. VIII ; NO. 5.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER SEVENTEENTH.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FLOWERS ROUND PINEHURST
Northern Visitors Will Find Many During
Early Season Months.
A Walk Will Always CJIve Opportu
nity for Learning: Something- From
Nature' Story Hook.
HE montli of November is
not exactl y a hopeful one
for the flower-lover in
New England. Yet one
does occasionally find
there a belated buttercup
or dandelion at that time nay even,
arbutus, apple blossoms and other favor
ites have been known to depart from their
usual habit s and to bloom even later than
this. But one cannot count upon such
phenomena. Here in Pinehurst, however,
we can depend upon a number of Novem
ber flowers.
The delicate Gerardia tenuifolia (slen
der gerardia) which sends up its dainty
pink llowers so abundantly at home in
August and September is here with a
friendly greeting on our arrival early in
November. The rest of its relatives in
the figwort family are apparently too
shy to venture forth.
AVe find several of the yellow hawk
weeds in tine condition, but the golden
rod has gone to seed. Golden rod is a
satisfactory flower in that it is nearly
always recognizable, but the patience of
Job might have been severely taxed if he
had had to distinguish the fifty and more
species of this common flower which is
found in every state in the Union. The
aster which is even more perplexing has
its representatives on the field. These
have not yet thought of putting off their
fall garb, and resemble in the main their
northern cousins. One species, however,
needs to be treated with respect. Its
small leaves are stiff and bend persistently
downward. Try to gather a specimen
and your hand sutlers.
Another member of the Composite fam
ily is the Liatris or blazing star, of which
we have two species. The flower heads
are rose-purple, from a third of an inch
to an inch broad, and grow in spikes.
The smaller-flowered species (spicata) has
its heads more closely crowded on the
spikes. Both are showy and handsome
flowers. They growr near the trolly track
within a mile of the Village, as well as
in many other places.
A lonely bit of Monarda punctata lives
or did live not far outside the Tremont
Gate. It is a near relative of the familiar
Monarda didyma, or Bee Balm, but it was
so aged when we encountered it that we
can hardly hope to see it again. Some
descendant may choose the same abiding
place another year. A papery-looking,
pinkish flower, growing in whorled heads
surrounded by bracts it is odd rather
than pretty. The odor and the square
stem show its place in the mint family.
Last on our list for this fall, and by far
the most interesting, are three gentians
not one of which grows in Newr England.
Our frinoed gentian and closed gentian
closing as the amount of heat or sunlight
may invite.
As late as Thanksgiving Day the other
two gentians appeared on our dinner
table the Soapwort gentian (Saponaria)
and Elliott's gentian (EUiottii). They
were picked near a stream probably two
miles from the Village. At first we
thought the former might be our north
ern closed gentian, but no sooner was it
in water than the light blue flowers be
gan to open their clusters. It grows from
one to two feet high and has a soapy
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WALTER J. TRAVIS, THE AMERICAN, WHOM ENGLISHMEN ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT.
are old and trusted friends, and we are
proud to meet others of that beautiful
and distinguished family. Gentiana an
gustifolia, or narrow-leaved gentian, we
found growing quite abundantly near
McDonald's grove, as well as scattered at
various points near the Village. The
flowers are solitary, light blue, often
speckled within, and are larger than hare
bells which they somewhat resemble.
They submit remarkably well to existence
in a vase of water, and will sometimes
stay fresh for a fortnight, opening and
juice. Tlie other gentian has a solitary,
terminal flower of a about the same shade
of blue. Its stem is rather weak and
looks as if it needed support.
All through the winter we shall find
the streams or "branches"' green with
andromeda shrubs, while the evergreen
smilax with its black berries climbs
among the trees over our heads. Another
kind of smilax, locally known as the
bamboo vine, shows clusters of handsome
red berries with accompanying prickles
Concluded on page four.)
PISTOL SHOOTING TOURNEY
Saturday's Handicap Contest Results in
an Agreeable Surprise.
Jflri. 11. IB. Glenny, of Sheffield, Alas.,
Winn Cup With Net Score of
Two Hundred and Fifty.
OMETIIING in the way
of an agreeable surprise
was created by the splen
did score made by Mrs.
B. B. Glenny, of Shef
field, Mass., in Friday's
Pistol Tournament, and she carried oft
the trophy offered for the best net score,
with a handsome margin, making the
best gross score of the day with one ex
ception ; that made by the scratch participant.
Mrs. Glenny participated in her first
tournament two weeks ago and scored
only one or two hits. Last week she
made 4G out of a possible 250, and in Fri
day's event she did 140, leading her near
est opponent in the handicap field by 34
points.
There were in all, ten participants the
largest number of the season thus far,
marking another step forward in the in
creasing popularity which this sport has
enjoyed since the opening of the season.
Handicaps have been assigned to fully
thirty contestants for the shoot which is
taking place as The Outlook goes to
press.
THE SCORES IN DETAIL.
Gr. Hdp. Ne i
Mrs. B. B. Glenny,
Sheflield, Mass. 140 110 250 j
Dr. Geo. S. Hill,
Marblehead, Mass. 116 90 206
G. DeWitt Williamson, '.
Mew York City. 176 0 176
C. W. Frazier,
Brooklyn. 97 40 137 I
Mrs. F. A. King,
Northboro, Mass. 21 110 131 .'
J. C. Thompson,
E. Liverpool, O. 49 55 104 ,
T. W. Tully,
New York City. 90 0 90
F. A. King.
Northboro, Mass. No target
J. V. Hall,
Pittsburg. No target ;
P.S.Crawley,
Montclair, N. J. No target
Sunday Services.
Sunday services will be held regularly
in The Village Hall Sunday morning;
Episcopal services at ten and Union at
eleven-fifteen.