. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. l\i' St. PLATB 109 \i. Ti:Ri:Tllt) ' FAMILY. it///«/ maigiHt: /touttn in minHt/h .S//W-I rtH\lfrf(1, tifiHg /torn n ihi'il, thuk HKi/t/mi. ^talv h'tik Ihe \y%ligfi of teiltft: Intivn tlatlfirti Hetif Ihf hli^,/tr^ltv. nano;i; rrmtftfit uifit h\ lhH\; tlitm,-»t hii»i . lUfiiuU Ihin-t^ltfii. " less llie cli'ftl>"'"; wiW-flowir sciiiis In I'lijoy Hxislfiirt, tlmii the wiiiK>'il pluiulertr That sucks its ;âtliyaii


. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. l\i' St. PLATB 109 \i. Ti:Ri:Tllt) ' FAMILY. it///«/ maigiHt: /touttn in minHt/h .S//W-I rtH\lfrf(1, tifiHg /torn n ihi'il, thuk HKi/t/mi. ^talv h'tik Ihe \y%ligfi of teiltft: Intivn tlatlfirti Hetif Ihf hli^,/tr^ltv. nano;i; rrmtftfit uifit h\ lhH\; tlitm,-»t hii»i . lUfiiuU Ihin-t^ltfii. " less llie cli'ftl>"'"; wiW-flowir sciiiis In I'lijoy Hxislfiirt, tlmii the wiiiK>'il pluiulertr That sucks its ;âtliyaiil. not till- Ci Ititiibiiic or saxifraKi'. that striki-s its r(M)ts into crcviivs in the liviiijj rock and cxpatuls its flowors in tlie open air, rtvcl in its life? How tliiii !.-.:ls leap fnui! the narrow ])rison house into the glad snn-lii,'ht! These tlilT dwellers are like ships riiliiiK at anchor with sails .spread,âone fancies they chafe for freedom. Talinnni teretifolinin is a close ally of our i>retty little .'^prinj; beauties, as well as of that niuchinalinned ^''^den weed, the imrslane. It is, oddly enonuh, confined to serpentine rocks, fixing; its rootstock in what scanty ' lias collicled in their clefts. It jjrows there oidy ]Hrhaps because the roik in decay snppliis jnst the fiKid needed b\ the plinit. It its handsome, rose- ptirple flowers under t' e iidlniiice of the hottest sunshine, in which it sums to gladden. The llowers last but a short time. They pav the I rice of speedy dea;h for overindulgence in liunt and warnilh. It obeys the stern law of coni|;ition. I'lowers open in c<ki1 shades last the ) (ilNSFNC. PLATE no. TRIFOLIA. (CilNSFNG FAMILY.) liant low, pftrnntdt; ilrm simptf. ri,-tl. i/ftiff-p, molt. /to; s « o haul. 'hili-. i,l,,l liih, , I,,, t a ton,; itol' -â , M»,v in o :t'/ti'fl loiii: l>fliol<il. lomftoHHtl hiirl<-li Ihi, umfitt. iiiiiftiltil


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