. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. MAY, JUNE, AND JULY. 69 tlie flower at this period, in my opinion, merits this appropriate name. The plant attains a height of from one_to three feet. Shin-leaf. The eupho- PyroiadiipUca. nioiis name shin-leaf was tacked on the pretty Pyrola for a reason which one may readily guess; — the leaves were used as a cure for bruises. From the days of my early youth the name " shin-plas- ter" has been familiar as it must be to every New York boy of some years ago. I remember that my father called conrt-plaster, or in fact anything of the kind
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. MAY, JUNE, AND JULY. 69 tlie flower at this period, in my opinion, merits this appropriate name. The plant attains a height of from one_to three feet. Shin-leaf. The eupho- PyroiadiipUca. nioiis name shin-leaf was tacked on the pretty Pyrola for a reason which one may readily guess; — the leaves were used as a cure for bruises. From the days of my early youth the name " shin-plas- ter" has been familiar as it must be to every New York boy of some years ago. I remember that my father called conrt-plaster, or in fact anything of the kind, without discrimina- tion, either shin-plaster or sticking plaster. So the pretty flower suffers by rea- son of an old custom. The Pyrola grows about six inches high, is found in woody dells, or damp, shady byways, and flowers in Jane and July. Its leaves are olive-green, and the blossoms are greenish 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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