. Wild flower families; the haunts, characters, and family relationships of the herbaceous wild flowers, with suggestions for their identification. Botany. 132 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES lished in 1824, Professor Bigelow wrote of it as the Bluish Houstonia, evidently a translation of 'ts botanical name. In 1827 Professor Nuttall wrote that he knew of no " common prevailing name ". rtwcograph l^y A. //. I for it. A little later it was called by some of the botanists " Venus' Pride," scarcely a happy tenn for so demure a blossom. The flowers seem to have been first called Quaker Bo
. Wild flower families; the haunts, characters, and family relationships of the herbaceous wild flowers, with suggestions for their identification. Botany. 132 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES lished in 1824, Professor Bigelow wrote of it as the Bluish Houstonia, evidently a translation of 'ts botanical name. In 1827 Professor Nuttall wrote that he knew of no " common prevailing name ". rtwcograph l^y A. //. I for it. A little later it was called by some of the botanists " Venus' Pride," scarcely a happy tenn for so demure a blossom. The flowers seem to have been first called Quaker Bonnets in Pennsyl- vania, and the name has since been corrupted to. 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 Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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