Wildflowers in Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill

A couple weeks ago, I highlighted the wildflowers mentioned in Betsy-Tacy and Tib. Today I'm going to feature the ones from Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill. Like last time, I omitted the common flowers, like daisies and violets. (Click image for source.)

They walked back slowly, picking flowers as they went. They didn't find many violets, but they found bloodroots, and Dutchman's breeches, and hepaticas, rising from the damp brown mat which carpeted the ground. (288)

Bloodroots

Columbine

Dutchman's breeches

Indian paintbrush

They scattered the flowers picked that morning on the hill, columbines and daisies and the scarlet Indian paintbrush. (442)

Hepaticas

Jack-in-the-pulpit

The went down the hill, running sometimes and walking sometimes, picking columbines and yellow bells and Jacks-in-the-pulpit and daisies to make a bouquet for the princess. (427)

Yellow bells

Some of these, like the Indian paintbrush and yellow bells, had different pictures come up for them. Hopefully I got the variety that would be indigenous to Minnesota. If any of you are gardeners, botanists, or flower experts, feel free to correct me!

Wildflowers in Betsy-Tacy and Tib

On a recent re-read of the early books in the series, I noticed that Maud mentions a lot of Minnesota wildflowers. Since many of these were new to me, I decided to look them up to see what they looked like. (With names as intriguing as butter-and-eggs and Indian pipes, I was curious!) I left out the common ones, like clover and daisies, but here are some visuals of the flowers mentioned in Betsy-Tacy and Tib. (Click image for source.)

Sumac

Reddening sumac bushes crowded close, almost concealing the wall. (252)

Behind the sumac bushes Betsy and Tacy and Tib hardly dared to breathe. (254)

Mullein

Vervain

Tall woolly mullein stalks and blue vervain and sunflowers crowded around the low stone wall which was crumbling and falling apart. (251)

Butter-and-eggs

No clover or butter-and-eggs or daisies grew beneath the beeches. (250)

Indian pipes

Tacy found some clammy Indian pipes but mostly the grass was empty now. (250)

You may have noticed that all of these mentions are from Chapter 9, titled "The Secret Lane."