. Wayside weeds, or, Botanical lessons from the lanes and hedgerows : with a chapter on classification . Botany; Wild flowers. 154 WAYSIDE WEEDS. bright and cheerful blossoms wMcli meet ns every- where in early spring; in the woodlands, where the first of the company pushes up its pure white bells through the withered leaves of the gone7by year, or the snow of the present one, in the plot of the " town garden" or of the suburban dwelling; ia drawing-rooms on stand or mantelpiece, or giving brightness to every shop or market where vegetable. Fib. of common Pnrple or Meadow


. Wayside weeds, or, Botanical lessons from the lanes and hedgerows : with a chapter on classification . Botany; Wild flowers. 154 WAYSIDE WEEDS. bright and cheerful blossoms wMcli meet ns every- where in early spring; in the woodlands, where the first of the company pushes up its pure white bells through the withered leaves of the gone7by year, or the snow of the present one, in the plot of the " town garden" or of the suburban dwelling; ia drawing-rooms on stand or mantelpiece, or giving brightness to every shop or market where vegetable. Fib. of common Pnrple or Meadow Orchis: 1 1, pieced of the perianth; 2, pollen pouohea; 3, stigma; 4, spnr; S, twisted ovary support- ing blosaom; 6, braet. 7, Waxy pollen masses. produce is sold, these bright-coloured blossoms proclaim that spring has come. Take, as your first specimen of the second great division of flowering plants, those we have just named, only be careful that your tulips and hyacinths are single and not double Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomson, Spencer, fl. 1848-1883. London : Groombridge


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