Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals
Whose heart is not gladdened at the sight of the first Mayflower or Arbutus in the spring? Who can pass a body of water, its surface glistening with the beauty of the Water Lily, without appreciation? In the fall who can traverse a field blind to the brilliancy of the seas of...
Whose heart is not gladdened at the sight of the first Mayflower or Arbutus in the spring? Who can pass a body of water, its surface glistening with the beauty of the Water Lily...
2. Part 2The perianth is funnel-form, with six spreading orange limbs and six long stamens with large brown anthers. The blossoms appear in July and August, each remaining open for but a...
5. Part 5(A) Alsike or Alsatian Clover (_Trifolium hybridum_) (European) is quite similar to our native White Clover, but the stem is stout, branching, and juicy. The trifoliate leaves o...
9. Part 9(B) Panicled Aster (_Aster paniculatus_) is a very tall, branching, slender-stemmed species, commonly found in moist ground and on the borders of woods or copses. The smooth sta...
3. Part 3Round-leaved Orchis (_H. orbiculata_) is similar to Hookeri; the lip is oblong, obtuse, and about the same length as the spur. The two basal leaves are almost round. It is commo...
7. Part 7(B) Sea Pink (_Sabatia stellaris_) is a beautiful, slender species common on salt marshes from Me. to Fla. The pink flowers grow singly at the ends of the slender branches. Like...
4. Part 4(B) Goldthread (_Coptis trifolia_) is a small woodland plant receiving its name from the slender, thread-like, golden-yellow roots. These roots are characteristic and readily id...
8. Part 8Monkey Flower (_Mimulus ringens_) is a perennial with a smooth, square, hollow stem growing from 1 to 3 feet in height and branching considerably. The leaves, seated oppositely...
6. Part 6Loosestrife (_Lythrum alatum_) is a tall, slender, native species growing 1 to 3 feet high, angular and branching. The deep-green, lance-shaped leaves are set oppositely on the...
12. Part 12R Ragged Robin 61 Ragwort, Golden 200 Ranunculus 67 Rattlebox 92 Rattlesnake Plantain 55 Rattlesnake-weed 208 Rhexia virginica 118 Rhododendron 128 “ canadense 127 “ maximum 128...
10. Part 10(A) Common Dandelion (_Taraxacum officinale_) although an immigrant to our land, has extended its range from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and is as well, or better known, as any...
11. Part 11C Calla palustris 21 Calopogon 52 Caltha palustris 67 Campanula 173 Campion, Bladder 62 Cancer-root 167 Cardinal Flower 174 Carrot, Wild 122 Cassia Chamæcrista 93 Castalia odora...