. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. :| li m ^ V; CJWâ PURPLISH HORKELIA. PLATE a79- HORKELIA PIJRPURASCENS. (ROSE FAMILY.) fhl/l : fiit^tisk, tongrr than ttif torolht; Ikrenmittl lurb ; tUm tou. putk^^nt, Int/f; Iratvi pimmau. the traAtti Ino Id fomr-ptif l^tt: fiini-rtt fru' tit a cymosr ditfter, mt^lfHiteU by frttt.'i/itf, A'tWii. uvtlxr-ihafrii, f**'Pif: sfamfnj numi-toui. "Tile lovflifst fliiwcrs the closcsl clin^j In oartli. I'Votn earth ti> heaveti. witli iniifhtitT witchery Aim! they tirst Ictl tlu- su


. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. :| li m ^ V; CJWâ PURPLISH HORKELIA. PLATE a79- HORKELIA PIJRPURASCENS. (ROSE FAMILY.) fhl/l : fiit^tisk, tongrr than ttif torolht; Ikrenmittl lurb ; tUm tou. putk^^nt, Int/f; Iratvi pimmau. the traAtti Ino Id fomr-ptif l^tt: fiini-rtt fru' tit a cymosr ditfter, mt^lfHiteU by frttt.'i/itf, A'tWii. uvtlxr-ihafrii, f**'Pif: sfamfnj numi-toui. "Tile lovflifst fliiwcrs the closcsl clin^j In oartli. I'Votn earth ti> heaveti. witli iniifhtitT witchery Aim! they tirst Ictl tlu- suii : S4i viitli-is hliu' ; Than i-li>i|iteiK'e or wiscioin e'l'i louli* own. v«i the soft stiir-Iike primrose (Irem-'lit-d in <li-\v - ItltMnii on then in your shailo, eoiuenteil bloom, The liappiest *»f S])rinK's happy, fraj^^aiit ttirtli. Sweet lltiwers, nor deem yiinrselves to all nnknown â To gentlest touches sweetest tones replv. Heaven knows yon, by w'luise j^ales and dews ye thrive ; Still htiinble .--ss with her low-breathe<i \<iii-e They know, who <nie day tor their altered doom Can steal o'e man's proud heart, and win his clioiie Shall thank you, taught by yon to abase themselves and ;-John kRnt,X XClCUOIIsGLY pretty and oiUl this native (if It discovered by In. Itntlirock iti tlie Sierra Nevada , growing at an altittide of nine tlidtisaiid feet. The original liicality was near tlie headwaters of Kern River. It is a low her- baceous plant, not above six inches high. The leaves are compound, of many leaflets. Soft silky hairs cover the stem and leaves. The floweis are of a handstiine rose-inirple color, in a , o;-^ii cluster. The stamens with their bright yellow anthers are very numerous. .\n odd thing about them is that those that are opposite tlie have filaments briKider at and tapering toward the apex, while those opjiositi; the jK'tals arc tliread shaiH-d. The fruit consists of


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