. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. "^ r PI,ATE 153. HFRMiniUM 'KS. (FOUR O'':K ! ) t^fnttiiil, (WwM ijiitt moff or l/ss glau ^MJ ; il.'m frfd, hua^rhing, one ffol high : It-inrx o^/^»iU, oh shott peliole^, otii/i', suhcontaff, oMhyr or nearlv sn at ap^x. mtitgin fntire ; Jtoarrs in simpli'clnttfrs lit thi' MttHiHtl of thf I aH('he^, fiiiM iuffti'Httetl bv a Anwt/, nifmhaHiKt'oHn brat I, the jt'Moli' forming on iMMf/Nrri-, flto. t-f^itrrUetl, aprlatom : riityr lOni/iitMnftiti', fixi^obfit. 5N'PIL witliii
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. "^ r PI,ATE 153. HFRMiniUM 'KS. (FOUR O'':K ! ) t^fnttiiil, (WwM ijiitt moff or l/ss glau ^MJ ; il.'m frfd, hua^rhing, one ffol high : It-inrx o^/^»iU, oh shott peliole^, otii/i', suhcontaff, oMhyr or nearlv sn at ap^x. mtitgin fntire ; Jtoarrs in simpli'clnttfrs lit thi' MttHiHtl of thf I aH('he^, fiiiM iuffti'Httetl bv a Anwt/, nifmhaHiKt'oHn brat I, the jt'Moli' forming on iMMf/Nrri-, flto. t-f^itrrUetl, aprlatom : riityr lOni/iitMnftiti', fixi^obfit. 5N'PIL witliiii a or two the coiicfit was clicrisheil tli;it ildwurs were chiefly made for man. That conceit has vanished as line explorer after another has foinul scores of lieautiful blossoms in the A^.- â¢"ts and wildernesses of our country, where, probal)ly, no foot had e\er trod liefore. In a philosophy which has discanle'l presumption in gaining; knowledge, flowers live, first for themselves,âincidentally, and only incidentally, .scTving man by their use, or delighting him with their beauty. Herniidiinu Alipes is an o<ld ])lant, and very (juite succulent and smooth, the stem and leaves are covered with a light bUxim. The ;e flowers, in dusters of four to six, are surrounded by a cni)-like envelope of broad thin leaves. Like all the h'our- O'CIiK-k I'amily, there is no true corolla, but the funnel shaped calyx is colored so as to resemble one. It is of a delicate purple hue. The Ilermi- diunt the elegant apiR-arance that very smiHjth plants often have, whether gracefully formed or not. It is too rare and little-known to have received a in plain The Inmr-O'CliK-k l'"amily contains many very beautiful plants. The common I'ourO'CliK'k of the , Mirabilis Jalapa, is remarkable not only for the fragrance ami beauty of its , but for their disposition to open almost invariably at aUmt
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