. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 18 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. pals; sometimes these are pinkish. Gray says from five to ten sepals, but the majority of specimens I have gathered seemed to bear six. This flower does not rank as an anemone, and Gray states the reason why; but for me it bears a sufB- cient and un- mistakable fam- ily likeness in its leaf- age to rue or ThaUo- 1/rwm. It blooms iu May. The little pink spring beauty is a favorite with every one who loves wild flowers. AVho would ever suspect it was a kind of pusley ? The flow- er stem, bearing several blo
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 18 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. pals; sometimes these are pinkish. Gray says from five to ten sepals, but the majority of specimens I have gathered seemed to bear six. This flower does not rank as an anemone, and Gray states the reason why; but for me it bears a sufB- cient and un- mistakable fam- ily likeness in its leaf- age to rue or ThaUo- 1/rwm. It blooms iu May. The little pink spring beauty is a favorite with every one who loves wild flowers. AVho would ever suspect it was a kind of pusley ? The flow- er stem, bearing several blossoms, sprawls outward from between two broad, grasslike, dark-green leaves. The flower is delicately veined with a deeper pink, and has five petals and two sepals. Sometimes it is quite white with pink veining. Like a great many other delicate wild flowers, it has a disappointing way of closing as soon as it is picked ; but a tumbler of water and. Spring Beauty. Clatjto)na Virginica. Spring 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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