. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. ^^^:flfill^mei^:'lli. Ill};ll|ll fliWH^"-'' fw^n^ %^ |lli-l m I'i ;-^^ ROCK-KOSE. PLATE 165. HELIANTHCMUM CAROLINIANUM. "1 (ROCK-ROSE FAMILY. irmj eted/rvm ileHxie* tefpin)^ nn^-siWks. l*r,im A/»tjc, tvrv /litfry : ronf /^'oir^ nblung to fthoi-atf. ^Um Ua%fs alte* naff, ikotiprlutlfit, fiUpiualiatt>f\'Jiite mr^tal u-ith itiff ham : jtouYn f^'v, /m-^ and >hi>ivy\ with fiit, obtn\Uf. fHgatiow^, yf\lt*xv p^uih : sliim/Ms tri v nMWi'fCHi ; f^ni imf-;ht â ^nniinefsun rend
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. ^^^:flfill^mei^:'lli. Ill};ll|ll fliWH^"-'' fw^n^ %^ |lli-l m I'i ;-^^ ROCK-KOSE. PLATE 165. HELIANTHCMUM CAROLINIANUM. "1 (ROCK-ROSE FAMILY. irmj eted/rvm ileHxie* tefpin)^ nn^-siWks. l*r,im A/»tjc, tvrv /litfry : ronf /^'oir^ nblung to fthoi-atf. ^Um Ua%fs alte* naff, ikotiprlutlfit, fiUpiualiatt>f\'Jiite mr^tal u-ith itiff ham : jtouYn f^'v, /m-^ and >hi>ivy\ with fiit, obtn\Uf. fHgatiow^, yf\lt*xv p^uih : sliim/Ms tri v nMWi'fCHi ; f^ni imf-;ht â ^nniinefsun renders excessively disagreeable to the eye, covered with nothing lint pine trees, with here and there a swamp where the luld cypress thrives, it is in its monotony. It is a relic of the past, this pine-harren .strip alonj; the Atlantic and the (Uilf Coast. In its geological horizon it is of the Cretaceous period, the age of gigantic reptiles and great trees of the pine family. The pine and cypress themselves represent a primitive form of lite that is on the wane, that must .siHin follow the uncimth saurians dating from the same era This strange country hides in its pine forests and si>haginnn-covered swamps the most characteristic vegetation in eastern North .America, a vegetation least ailulterated villi Old World tyjies. .'\ pretty flower of early spring in this part is the Carolina RiTk-rose, llelianthenuim caroliiiia:iuni. It nuicli reseiiihles its sister, the I'"r(ist-weed. hut is of luir.:!ilei growth. The stems are less rigid and the leaves fewer and broader. The flowers are large and hatidsoim, ami bright yellow. TIk petals last but a short time, soon dropi>iiig off. mJk. ffavft (tnd itafif I PTvATE 166. SQl.'lRREL CORN. DICENTRA CANADENSIS. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) ri/Mc t>n\ ilhtt^tfit tu/rr^; leavei timg-ffltytl/J, tiki/cHfJ hrnnilh. I^HaUly mutk dnucttJ ; Jt^mfrs f^it\ ptiitcthii tn a ( .(tirm/ ytrv ifirgtUt. ^tali foMt, pntllr Hnittit. f^.
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