. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. r. w -^ I BUTTERCUP. PLATE 55- RANUNCULUS ACRIS. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) /tinmial. Aairt tAiti a tlittUi ••/Ihiikrnr,! nhio : sum nnl pom a • tiMilit-t. iramt>nl; Iniri moslly ,lmtlnrd ,il l^tr. hmt fi-lhi^ntdn^h f;-cup shint'S in the merry month of ;—Sot'Thkv. ERIi it is the '' queen of the mniiths ' that brings the buttercups. Their Rold is a meet .liadein for royal June. Of all the glorious | spread before us by the changing seasons, thai of a meadow yellowed o
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. r. w -^ I BUTTERCUP. PLATE 55- RANUNCULUS ACRIS. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) /tinmial. Aairt tAiti a tlittUi ••/Ihiikrnr,! nhio : sum nnl pom a • tiMilit-t. iramt>nl; Iniri moslly ,lmtlnrd ,il l^tr. hmt fi-lhi^ntdn^h f;-cup shint'S in the merry month of ;—Sot'Thkv. ERIi it is the '' queen of the mniiths ' that brings the buttercups. Their Rold is a meet .liadein for royal June. Of all the glorious | spread before us by the changing seasons, thai of a meadow yellowed o'er with the bright corollas of the buttercups or "king-cups" 's the most glorious. Thoreau, who found his chief pleasure in watching for and chronicling the wild flowers as they api>ear in succession, has this to say of the buttercups : " The clear brightness of June was well represente<l yesterday by the buttercups along the roadside. Their yellow cups are glossy and varuisheil within, but not ; The hermit of WaUlen is happy as usual in his description. The jK-tals of the buttercup arc as if painted with oil colors on the inside, while the outer surface is of the usual glossless yellow of yellow flowers. Burroughs' observation on the profusion in which wild flowers grow as compared with ours, is well Ixirne out by the l)ehavior of the buttercup ami the ox-eye daisy in this country. When the ox-eye daisy gains entrance into a field, it is soon thick-starred with white and yellow. When a meadow is invaded by buttercups, its green quickly melts to r LABRADOR-TEA. PtATB 56- LEDUM LATIFOLIUM. (HEATH FAMILY.) Small tktub, trttl. hranckt»g. tlrm wnotli ahmt; travfi 4/VrMa//. on ikotl prtwtft, oAhtf n» avaU-lanefoltitt. lalkff tiemsf, lermimtl clmiltrt, imolla wkitf, Jiif-part/d iilmint lo tkr Ajv , ^ni .. ick. smooth abot¥. tawi¥ tmollv ^tualk. marfimt rrfotmU: /Ifwfrs in lUd, iplitlimg Jtom Sas/ upuotd. MRRICA is
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