. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. 76 /^7/./>. ON : :fis. In no instance did I find this parasite associated with any other |)Iant ; as if i)y some mysterious instinct the Colden rtni seemed to lie selected for its support. Nor could tiie union with the flower he discovered by the most careful examination. The Dodder seems to be leafless and rootless. The to which it hatl attached itself did not appear to have sufTercd from the clinJ^in^^ embrace of its singular compani
. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. 76 /^7/./>. ON : :fis. In no instance did I find this parasite associated with any other |)Iant ; as if i)y some mysterious instinct the Colden rtni seemed to lie selected for its support. Nor could tiie union with the flower he discovered by the most careful examination. The Dodder seems to be leafless and rootless. The to which it hatl attached itself did not appear to have sufTercd from the clinJ^in^^ embrace of its singular companion, thou},'h its coils were so tightly wounil around it that it was not an easy matter to separat«T them from the supporting stem. 'I'he Dodder could not even be sail) to have the claims of a poor relation to excuse its unwelcome intrusion. 'I'he white blossoms of this parasite were closely clustered in intervals on the wiry stem. The (Jolden-stemmed species, with somewhat larger, greenish- tinged white flowers, I found in the same locality attached to the culms of stout wild grasses, which alone it seemed to have selected for its sujjport. 'I'he bright orange coils, and clusters of flowers, formed a pretty contrast with the dark foliage of the climbing Indian liean, Af<ios tiik-rosa, many young ])lants of which handsome, fragrant climber grew there in profusion, covering the low bushes. In the States it .j known as (lold Thread, from the bright, orange, thready twining stems, which it throws like a golden net over the neigh bouring herbage. It seems, indeed, more ornamental than useful ; but as it does not intrude itself into our gardens, we will not quarrel with it. There is room and space in this wide world for it and others to find some little spot in which to grow. Something would miss it, were it to be entirely destroyed from the face of the earth—for as the poet says— " Nothintj lives, or grows, or moves in vain ; Thy is hcanl amid her pathless ways.
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