. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. no. XXIV Imlb and ench auiuintT ihi-y pcnclral,. in ife Ai-vply into the Bodl. Pinairy thu ,|,c»t Imlbs Bend np of leaves and bloa- The spring flowere hitherto described have be«n more or leM conspicuous, but other widely distributed p] mU are seldom noticed, for example, the wild giiigir, Asar- ..m canodenee (^ig, XXV.) From iL. „„- matic rootstock grew two long-stcn- ,ied kidney-ahaped l»avea, covered with soft W Fig Xxy D.'oiose t., fl,.. ^,«u,d in the fork of the leave., and attacTed
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. no. XXIV Imlb and ench auiuintT ihi-y pcnclral,. in ife Ai-vply into the Bodl. Pinairy thu ,|,c»t Imlbs Bend np of leaves and bloa- The spring flowere hitherto described have be«n more or leM conspicuous, but other widely distributed p] mU are seldom noticed, for example, the wild giiigir, Asar- ..m canodenee (^ig, XXV.) From iL. „„- matic rootstock grew two long-stcn- ,ied kidney-ahaped l»avea, covered with soft W Fig Xxy D.'oiose t., fl,.. ^,«u,d in the fork of the leave., and attacTed to a abort stilk is a eingle purplish brown iTTj^,- XXV., 2). Thexi i« ; and the oata w beU-shaned wit), a ing three-lobed border (Fig. XXV. 6) '1 lie twelve stamens joined to the style have curious hlamen** prolonged beyond the an- her noint (Fi^ XXV., 4); and the pistU, united at its T)a9e with the tube, ends in six spreading stigmas. It "is common in nch woods amongst dead leaves from the Atlantic CoMt to the Saskatchewan 5Si° hf^ ' "f firni-lied Indians and simplers with a favourite medicine, tlie pungent rooutocks with the flavour of gmger being considered a cure for head- ache and deafness. Thus, wnether utili- tanaii or aesthetic, "The cOTintry-born an' bred know where to nnd Some blooms that make the season suit the mind.* !. FIG. WILD niNOER. V. F.'^OWERS "WHOSE MONTH IS EVER ; The character of plant societies is largely a matter of environment, the slightest dif- ferences m soil, climate, etc., affecting the geographical distribution of species. In temperate regions, however, conditions are not extreme, and it might be expected that the same species would prevail throughout the Dominion of Canada in airoUar latitudes. Uut the floras of the East and the West •re most unlike, and few lorms are com- mon to hnlh sidei of the Rocky Mountains. Among these exceptional plants may be ?i?*'«''^,
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