. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. PARSLEY FAMILY Peto/i.—Yellow, broad-lanceolate, with the apex somewhat rolled in. Fruit. Thin, or flatly compressed, with a broad margin. In the wild state the roots of the Parsnip are aromatic, mucilag- inous, sweet but slightly acrid. Cultivation has greatly modified this acridity and increased both the size and the fleshiness of the root. Growers allow their Parsnips to remain in the ground. Bishop's Weed. J^gopbdium podogrAria during the winter, as frost is consid
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. PARSLEY FAMILY Peto/i.—Yellow, broad-lanceolate, with the apex somewhat rolled in. Fruit. Thin, or flatly compressed, with a broad margin. In the wild state the roots of the Parsnip are aromatic, mucilag- inous, sweet but slightly acrid. Cultivation has greatly modified this acridity and increased both the size and the fleshiness of the root. Growers allow their Parsnips to remain in the ground. Bishop's Weed. J^gopbdium podogrAria during the winter, as frost is considered to improve their quality rather than injure it. The plant readily sows its own seeds and consequently is often found out of bounds. BISHOP'S WEED. GOUT WEED ySgopddium podogrhria var. varieghtum. A^gopodium, ago, goat, and podium, a little foot; without definite application to this plant. A common foliage plant, green and white, which spreads quickly by creeping rootstocks. Europe. May-July. 330. 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 Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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