. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD AND FOREST. X. "riiK Jiii;inii)K o\- iiiK ; Daisies run riot by tlic waytiide and clorify ne .etted tarnis; huLtert;u|»n Ciitth Hit- . un *;olden fhai'.cc**; roses unfold nale pink blossoms in tnicUet and oM field; arid, from pasture and meadow, nwret hieezes bear the breath ot clover. The bum of happy bce» says thar. for 11 oiii tuu. no day in so rare as one in d'nic. Few realize ho\v clowe the connectio i is bttween red clover and bumblebees, un- td thev
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD AND FOREST. X. "riiK Jiii;inii)K o\- iiiK ; Daisies run riot by tlic waytiide and clorify ne .etted tarnis; huLtert;u|»n Ciitth Hit- . un *;olden fhai'.cc**; roses unfold nale pink blossoms in tnicUet and oM field; arid, from pasture and meadow, nwret hieezes bear the breath ot clover. The bum of happy bce» says thar. for 11 oiii tuu. no day in so rare as one in d'nic. Few realize ho\v clowe the connectio i is bttween red clover and bumblebees, un- td thev bear of the disappointment of Australian farmers over magnificent fieldh of clover, which obstinately refused to set f^'ctl until their insect partners were also imuorted. Children as well as bees have HUclicH the hidden sweets, but few have noticed that the little flowers of which fach clover head is composed, are like mi- niature pea-b!ossoms, and fewer Btill have paid the plants evening visits wtien the leaflets droop and are folded in sleep. White, pink, and yello^v clovers are all tainiliar, and the lovely ciimson clover with long brilliant heads has been sparinj^ly in- 1 reduced into Canada. The commonest Hpeeies are the &>-- fjiped from uurtivation, and the white clover, Trifolium repen^, of pasture and meadow, which is probably a native of the. FIG. LVlXI.~BiI:VCH PEA. lunlhrin p^irt of AnieiicA. The sweet I'lovt'is belung to a closely related Renus, and both the white and the yellow species, Mtlilotus alba and M. ori'ieinaha. frequent roiidsides near oUl gardens. Both leaves nntl (towers hiive a iH-culiiir r*rfume and the hitter are dearly loved by bees. The nprif^ht plants, from two to four feet in hrinht, display slender spikes of small fif.'Wrrs throughout the summer. Manv other members of the pea family flourish in Canada. The Amefican vetch, Vicia americana. with siender (â hi-^reiH of bluish-purple blossoms, trails its way with the help of tendrils,
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