. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. r ^ ^ i PURPLE ASTER. PI,ATE 3o- ASTER PUMCEUS. (SUNFLOWER FAMILY.) S/fm tall, usually four to ir Jtel high, much ^laiuhed, hiiirv, snmr/imr^ fiutfilr, leaiv\ tathfr long, brotidlv Imicrttlatf. an ultdautltla^^tng at hasr, ijitite. tt^aiiunlv srrfat/: h^aJs talhfr larf^e, arianpifiiiiH the ItmHtht-i, / thf iii-tH ^,i ,i\ to /oi m a l,in;i' fiiini,li- ,â iiinltlac. 'N those sad, sweet days when the reluctant earth liii^;ers in the warm embrace of summer, loath to ontei her frost
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. r ^ ^ i PURPLE ASTER. PI,ATE 3o- ASTER PUMCEUS. (SUNFLOWER FAMILY.) S/fm tall, usually four to ir Jtel high, much ^laiuhed, hiiirv, snmr/imr^ fiutfilr, leaiv\ tathfr long, brotidlv Imicrttlatf. an ultdautltla^^tng at hasr, ijitite. tt^aiiunlv srrfat/: h^aJs talhfr larf^e, arianpifiiiiH the ItmHtht-i, / thf iii-tH ^,i ,i\ to /oi m a l,in;i' fiiini,li- ,â iiinltlac. 'N those sad, sweet days when the reluctant earth liii^;ers in the warm embrace of summer, loath to ontei her frosty prison liouse, when " The maples rciUlen ill the sun, lit autuiiiii ^^olil the hceclies stand,"â then the " broad-headed asters " Mow in w(«)d and fieUl. How fair tliey arc, these late flowers. What cx(iui!'ite tints their rays revci, . White and palest ;i/nre, delicate lavender, amethystine blue, violet, rich purpleâa glorious company they aic, the asters. As handsome and showy as any is Aster puniceus. A meadow where " Tht' f^oldt'ii r(«l is leaning', - . And tlif purple ajster waves,"â is truly a noble sight. RriRht yellow golden rod, rich purple aster, crown .and royal robe of the qucentimc of the year. It is fit that such colors should deck the earth in the autumn .si'ason, when the apple trees I)end l)cneath their load of niiUly fruit and the corn yellows in its gener- ous ripeness. Ah, sail though the antunni \k it is yet a joyous ! A rich pleasure it is to walk afield, to breathe the pure, air, lo cnnich the dr>' leaves under foot, to view the thousand lints of .spiring flame and gold around us, and to see the merry asters nodding from copse and roadside. BLACK MUSTARD. PLATE 34- BRASSICA NIGRA. (CRESS FAMILY.) SIfm imtkitk, rrtct. much hraurhed. two lo four fta Au- Uaws pmnateU divtAt\i, the IriMiHal dtviiioH mitth the lor^ett, fanouslv lob of them longer. O the cress family we arc indebted for many of (mr m
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