. Wild flowers every child should know : arranged according to color with reliable descriptions of the more common species of the United States and Canada . his species grows commonly in moist, shady places,along ditches and ponds, where it raises its slender,smooth, square, leafy, and much-branched stalk afoot or two high. The thin, coarsely toothed, slender-stemmed leaves are pointed oblong to lance shaped,and are arranged in opposite alternating pairs. Theseveral or many small, tubular, blue flowers are twolipped. The upper hp is arched and the spreadinglower one is notched at the apex. The
. Wild flowers every child should know : arranged according to color with reliable descriptions of the more common species of the United States and Canada . his species grows commonly in moist, shady places,along ditches and ponds, where it raises its slender,smooth, square, leafy, and much-branched stalk afoot or two high. The thin, coarsely toothed, slender-stemmed leaves are pointed oblong to lance shaped,and are arranged in opposite alternating pairs. Theseveral or many small, tubular, blue flowers are twolipped. The upper hp is arched and the spreadinglower one is notched at the apex. The two-lippedcalyx has a small, helmet-like appendage on the upperlip, which is an easy means for identifying the flowers spring from the axils of the uppermostleaves, on one-sided, terminal branches, from July toSeptember. This species ranges from coast to coast,and from the British possessions south to Florida,New Mexico and Washington. CATNIP. CATMINT. NEP Nepeta Cataria. Mint Family. Country folks who have drifted to the great cities willnever forget how Aunt Kate or Aunt Sue used to soothe 352 r^ ^ ^ ^^\^ ii^^^^B i^^ji^Sf- I .^^jpF ? I. CLOSED, or BOTTLED GENTIAN. Gentiana Andrewsii WILD FLOWERS blue and purple our troubled and aching stomachs with Catnip relished its flavour for it tasted so good. First itwas green apples or green grapes — then Catnip wet feet and snuffles — then, more Catnip ofttimes it was just Catnip tea for the sake of drink-ing it. Grandmother will tell you that it is the safestremedy for quieting little babies when they are in display an exceedingly strong hking for this plant,and will eat it and roll into it almost as easily andnaturally as they will take to a bird or a mouse. Youcan always distinguish a member of the Mint family byits usually four-sided or square stem, and its simpleopposite leaves. The pleasing, aromatic odour,pecuHar to the Catnip is familiar to most everyonewherever it grows. The l
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