. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. 20T rose, deep pink, purple, palest yellow, and ricli, dark claret-maroon color. The last-mentioned variety is most beautiful; it has the effect of a fine piece of beadwork; the tiny anthers are pale lilac; and the corollas, funnel-formed, are the richest, darkest wine-red color imaginable; the whole effect of the flower is hlack, and it is well named Black Scabiosa. The flower stem is exceedingly long and stiff, as well as bare. The leafage is variously shaped, but in general slightly resembles that of the common wi
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. 20T rose, deep pink, purple, palest yellow, and ricli, dark claret-maroon color. The last-mentioned variety is most beautiful; it has the effect of a fine piece of beadwork; the tiny anthers are pale lilac; and the corollas, funnel-formed, are the richest, darkest wine-red color imaginable; the whole effect of the flower is hlack, and it is well named Black Scabiosa. The flower stem is exceedingly long and stiff, as well as bare. The leafage is variously shaped, but in general slightly resembles that of the common wild daisy, except that it is larger and broader. It blooms in late summer. The flower might deceive one as to its fam- ily connection; it looks like a Composite, but Gray has given it the position of the latter's next-door neighbor. It belongs to the Teasel family. The distinguishing differences which separate it from its Composite neighbors are four separate stamens to each corolla (Composites have their five stamens tied together by the connect- ing anthers, which form a tube inclosing the style) and an ovary, which becomes an akene in fruit con- taining a hangmg seed. The seeds of the Composites do not hang, but are borne in stout shell-like Black Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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