. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. c^ PI,ATB laa. THISTLH. CARDUUS (CNICUS) DISCOLOR. ( FAMILY.) .stem free/, titlttrr slont. tumettmts \i .'A, huim-hiitg , nMtt leaif\ tatge, item-ltitres imallet. all l>hinafelv /inttetl "t iltviiteil: .^enineHh ludeit iimttiHtl/ietl. the teeth heMtath . htads ittthtt latgr; inititntn- mtirh itHhrinttett. iiitcts tifiptii tftth tpiites; Jtatten HHmtmui. fimfite. 'â¢tifped. grefH af>m'f, ;lein of Scotch nationality,ânohle and kinilly within, lint resolute to witli>l.
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. c^ PI,ATB laa. THISTLH. CARDUUS (CNICUS) DISCOLOR. ( FAMILY.) .stem free/, titlttrr slont. tumettmts \i .'A, huim-hiitg , nMtt leaif\ tatge, item-ltitres imallet. all l>hinafelv /inttetl "t iltviiteil: .^enineHh ludeit iimttiHtl/ietl. the teeth heMtath . htads ittthtt latgr; inititntn- mtirh itHhrinttett. iiitcts tifiptii tftth tpiites; Jtatten HHmtmui. fimfite. 'â¢tifped. grefH af>m'f, ;lein of Scotch nationality,ânohle and kinilly within, lint resolute to witli> aj^j^ression witliout. In the Ian>;na^;e of florters it si^jnifits "; This (piality is its outer v;arment. .\t heart it is gentle. Carduus discolor is the .^liowiest of our eastern thistles. It is a ohject in the open fields where it oftenest Hidws. In early summer dumps of larj^e riHjtlcavcs. whitened like a miller's coat Iwneath, mark where sfmn the tall stems shall rise. These Ix-ar numerous heads of tl(,.,ers. As the spring leaves protect the stem, so the blossoms are safely jruarded by the bell-shaped involucre of many firm leaves, overlappinj; each other like .shint,des on a roof Ivacli is tipi)ed with a .shaip. spreading spine. The thistles are wi.'d-protccted a^ain-st most herbivorous animals, ; them willi their display of sappy );reen leaves and stem, only to repulse them with their formidable array of .spines. Pi:,ATE 134. GOLL> THKliAD. COl'llS TRIFULIA. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) Smthtth. ileaulfieenl f^eyrnnial. icith d iltneler, cieepiHg r\ feeding the Itaiei â Oi';rt â leaves em hng. ilfmter fietipUs. trrmite, leajieti henadly wfitj^.'-shapfil hbfd anil Jfnlatf. veiny; flowets solitary, o» 'â¢ediiiictes usually ./â¢.i/* uhtte: mtiih smaller; stamens namei^nis ; finds ,'« ^fireading stifies, long-beaked z^ith the S the happ>- May-time, while we roam through j;rass\- meadows wher
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