. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. I â Ife.: the beet laid the foundation for one of the rhiif industries of our time. One of his rules is to sek( t at hrst not tin- plant which varies most in the direction he wishes, liut the |jlant that varies most in any direction w hatever. l''roni it, from tlie inslatiility in its very filires, its utter for^^etfulness of ancestral traditions, he finds it easiest in the long run to ohtaui and to establish the cliaraeicr he becks of sweetness, or size, or lolor. nuch Can Be Done.
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. I â Ife.: the beet laid the foundation for one of the rhiif industries of our time. One of his rules is to sek( t at hrst not tin- plant which varies most in the direction he wishes, liut the |jlant that varies most in any direction w hatever. l''roni it, from tlie inslatiility in its very filires, its utter for^^etfulness of ancestral traditions, he finds it easiest in the long run to ohtaui and to establish the cliaraeicr he becks of sweetness, or size, or lolor. nuch Can Be Done. Of flowering plants there are about 110,000, of these the farmer and the gardener between them liave scarcely tamed and trained 1000. What new riches, therefore, may we not expect from the i iilture of the future i" Already in certain northern llowcr-plois the tnlliimi, the bloodroot, the dog's-tooth violet, and the celandine are aliUxmi in May; as Juno advances, the wild violet, the milkweed, the wild lily-of-thevalley. untold their l)etals; later in summer the dog-rose displays its charms and breathes its perfume. All respond kindly to care, and were there more of this hospitality, were the wild-roses which ilie botanists call/>/,!«,/,» and/«<â /</,;, were the cirdinal- (lowers, the Miiyllowers, and many moreof the treasures of glen and meadow, made welcome with thoughtful study of their wants and habits, much wcjukl done to extend the wealth of our gardens. I,et a hepatic a be plucked from its home in a rocky crevic e where one marvels how it ever contrived to root itself and tind subsistence. rrans])lant it to good soil, give it a little careâit asks none âand it will thrive as it never throve before ; proving once again that plants do not grow where they like, hut where they can. 'I'he Russian columbine rewards its cultivator with a. wealth of blossoms that jilainly say liow mucJi it rejoices in his nurture of it, in its escape from the frost and
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