. Flower guide [microform] : wild flowers east of the Rockies. Flowers; Fleurs; Botanique; Botany. Hoixcixc. Bkt (Saponaria officiiinlif:) (Kir(!Peax). This is piohably ttif most liardy and the most wide- ly distrihutoil of our adveiitive nuMiibfrs of tlie I'iiik Family. It increases very rapidly by means of under- ground runners as well as by sw'; It is very com- m<mly known as " ;" beeause of the fact that the mucilaginous juice from the crushed leaves will form a lather if they are shaken in water: it is said that it was, in olden days, used for washinj; pu
. Flower guide [microform] : wild flowers east of the Rockies. Flowers; Fleurs; Botanique; Botany. Hoixcixc. Bkt (Saponaria officiiinlif:) (Kir(!Peax). This is piohably ttif most liardy and the most wide- ly distrihutoil of our adveiitive nuMiibfrs of tlie I'iiik Family. It increases very rapidly by means of under- ground runners as well as by sw'; It is very com- m<mly known as " ;" beeause of the fact that the mucilaginous juice from the crushed leaves will form a lather if they are shaken in water: it is said that it was, in olden days, used for washinj; purposes. The plant stem is quite stout, smooth, erect and sparingly, or not at all branched. .\t the top is a coryndied, or flat-topjH'd, cluster containing many flow- ers; petals, notched or scjmetinies (piite deeplv cleft, and with an appendage at the top of the long claws that, bent at right angles, enter the long, tubular, veined, greenish, 5-notehed calyx. From .July until September. Soapwort bloimis pro- fusely in waste places along railroad be<ls an<l beside dusty roads where few other llowers arc able to flourish. It was one of the first of foreign llowers to be intro- duced into this countrv. 63. 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Toronto : Musson
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