. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. 171 energy!—a sin- gle spike of the fussy, insignifi- cant flowers is transformed into the semblance of a peach tree in full bloom; but there is a family likeness here, for both hardback and peach belong to the Rose fam- ily. Thus does the commonplace flower which we have passed with indiiference all summer long become interesting. The jewel-weed Jewel-weed, or Touch-me-not. is common every- /mpatiens pallida, where ; it may Jvipatieiis fiilea. , « . , . _ be round beside the horse trough, or overhanging the sp
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. 171 energy!—a sin- gle spike of the fussy, insignifi- cant flowers is transformed into the semblance of a peach tree in full bloom; but there is a family likeness here, for both hardback and peach belong to the Rose fam- ily. Thus does the commonplace flower which we have passed with indiiference all summer long become interesting. The jewel-weed Jewel-weed, or Touch-me-not. is common every- /mpatiens pallida, where ; it may Jvipatieiis fiilea. , « . , . _ be round beside the horse trough, or overhanging the spring, or in some shady dell where a tiny sti-eam flows sluggishly along through the soft ground. The weed frequent- ly has some bedstraw clinging to it, and it is always. Jewel-Weed,. 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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