. Field, forest, and wayside flowers; with chapters on grasses, sedges, and ferns; untechnical studies for unlearned lovers of nature. Flowers; Botany. i8o Field, Forest, and Wayside Flowers "water-" and the " wood "-rushes, and a tyro can refer his par- ticular specimen to its own group at a glance, for all the water-rushes are smooth and all the wood-rushes are hairy (Fig. 47). Both sorts have round, taper- ing blossom-stems, sometimes hollow, but generally filled with a continuous fine, white pith. In old times this pith served for the wicks of the '' rush- lights "
. Field, forest, and wayside flowers; with chapters on grasses, sedges, and ferns; untechnical studies for unlearned lovers of nature. Flowers; Botany. i8o Field, Forest, and Wayside Flowers "water-" and the " wood "-rushes, and a tyro can refer his par- ticular specimen to its own group at a glance, for all the water-rushes are smooth and all the wood-rushes are hairy (Fig. 47). Both sorts have round, taper- ing blossom-stems, sometimes hollow, but generally filled with a continuous fine, white pith. In old times this pith served for the wicks of the '' rush- lights " which made darkness visible to our great-grand- fathers, and whose inadequacy fostered the habits of early getting to bed, now abandoned by a generation of night-owls, abetted by gas and electricity. The leaves of the water- rushes are generally round, smooth, and glossy, and those Fig. 47.—a wood-rush of many species resemble {Lazula campsstris). • n - «, Unripe seed-vessel cut across; the StCmS IH all pOlntS, ^, ripened and emptied 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 Going, Maud, 1859-1925. New York, The Baker and Taylor Company
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