. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. 96 NATURE STUDY AND AGRICULTURE. Silver-leaved psoealea These flowers and the pods which follow them are easily recog- nized as examples of the Mustard family. Grows in dry soil. 31. Silver leaved Psoralea: Silver- leaved Prairie Clover. — The whole plant is silky, silvery white, and quite decora- tive ; bushy in form and i to 3 feet high. Flowers are small and purplish blue in color; leaves are compound, with 3 to 5 leaflets. Flower and leaves show that it belongs to the Pea family. ^2. Yarrow. — A familiar plant, with feathery leaves
. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. 96 NATURE STUDY AND AGRICULTURE. Silver-leaved psoealea These flowers and the pods which follow them are easily recog- nized as examples of the Mustard family. Grows in dry soil. 31. Silver leaved Psoralea: Silver- leaved Prairie Clover. — The whole plant is silky, silvery white, and quite decora- tive ; bushy in form and i to 3 feet high. Flowers are small and purplish blue in color; leaves are compound, with 3 to 5 leaflets. Flower and leaves show that it belongs to the Pea family. ^2. Yarrow. — A familiar plant, with feathery leaves and small white flowers in dense, flat-topped clusters. The plant is gray- green in color and has a strong aromatic odor resembling that of tansy. The stem is a foot or two high and is unbranched except at the top. j^. Sticks: Lygodes- mia. — A curious looking plant, all the lower leaves being so minute that it seems to be leafless, whence the name " ; The plant is much branched and 10 or 12 inches high. The rose-purple flowers are composite, there being about 5 florets in a head. 34. Blue Lettuce : Wild Lettuce. — May be identified by its pretty blue composite flowers and milky juice, and its smooth stem and leaves. The plant is from one to two feet high, and is common on wild prairie sod Blue Lettuce as well as in waste 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 Schmidt, Charles Christian, 1859-. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath & Co
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