. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. H'/iJ), ()A' XAIIVE II OWENS. Common Mi,i Wilitisiiiin /'//(?/>//>,( I-.) 9» 'I'liis plant is one of tlic tallest of our wayside weeds ; the large, .â cjll leaves, ilensely i lollied willi silky while huiis, are not Nvilh'fUl value with the Herh-doctors. They are used in pulmonary disordeis, as outward api)lications for healing purposes, and in su( h (oinplaints as Dysentery, to allay \yX\\\ ; the leaves are made hot before the lire, and so laid over the
. Studies of plant life in Canada, or, Gleanings from forest, lake and plain [microform]. Plants; Botany; Plantes; Botanique. H'/iJ), ()A' XAIIVE II OWENS. Common Mi,i Wilitisiiiin /'//(?/>//>,( I-.) 9» 'I'liis plant is one of tlic tallest of our wayside weeds ; the large, .â cjll leaves, ilensely i lollied willi silky while huiis, are not Nvilh'fUl value with the Herh-doctors. They are used in pulmonary disordeis, as outward api)lications for healing purposes, and in su( h (oinplaints as Dysentery, to allay \yX\\\ ; the leaves are made hot before the lire, and so laid over the body of the sufferer. Moreover, this wonderful jilant is said to drive away rats and mice, if laiil in cellars or granaries ; hut this virtue may only he a fond delusion. ("fjuimend me rather to Miss I'ussy, as a more certain exterminator of these troublesome household pests. .\ grand .md stately spike of goldi'n flowers, cnlicd (liaiit taper, grew in my father's garden, and was the resort of I loney-bees innumeral)le. Homely as our Canadian plant is considered to be, yet it has uses of its own, besides those attributed to it by the old settlers. The abundan( e of the seeds which remain in the hard capsules during the winter, afford a bountiful supjjly of footl for the small birils that riiig. In March, and early in April, the .Snow-Sparrows, and their associates, the little Chesnut-crowned Sjjarrows, " 'l'li:il iDnic Ijifoic the Swnlliiw ilarcs," and the brown Song Sparrows, may be seen eagerly feasting on the dry seeds which still remain on the withered ])!ants. The soft grey down of the hoary leaves, later on in May and June, is used as linings for the nests of the Humming-birds, and other small birds that weave dainty .soft cradles for the tiny families that need such tender care. Taught by unerring wisdom, each mother-bird seeks its most suitable material, and appropriates it for the use and comfort of its unknown, unsern brood. l,et us not dcs|)ise the c
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