. . f its roots and causes a foaming thatappears like soap suds when the powdered root is shakenwith water. Soapwort belongs to a large group of plants called theCaryophyllacese, or pink family. In this family there areabout fifteen hundred species. These are widely distrib-uted, but are most abundant in the Northern Hemisphere,extending to the Arctic regions and to the tops of veryhigh mountains. The popular and beautiful carnationsand some of the most common plants that grow abundantlyin waste places also belong to the pink family.
. . f its roots and causes a foaming thatappears like soap suds when the powdered root is shakenwith water. Soapwort belongs to a large group of plants called theCaryophyllacese, or pink family. In this family there areabout fifteen hundred species. These are widely distrib-uted, but are most abundant in the Northern Hemisphere,extending to the Arctic regions and to the tops of veryhigh mountains. The popular and beautiful carnationsand some of the most common plants that grow abundantlyin waste places also belong to the pink family. The soap-wort comes to us from Europe, where, in some localities, itis a common wild flower. In this country, when it wasfirst introduced, it was simply a pretty cultivated gardenplant. However, it lives from year to year and spreadsby means of underground stems. It was not very longbefore it had escaped from yards to roadsides, where fre-quently large patches may be seen. The flowers are largeand quite showy. The color of the petals is usually ^5*:«1 wrv w lJl ^ LiiL.^^^B Kia Lm^-^i m HI Cj
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