. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. 46 FLOWKKS OK THE FIELf) AND FOKKST. mm t"'rf'>ratiini, (Fi«. LXXT.) [t tM not « mifivc nlatit, but one of IhoM "|>erniciouii o|(! world wcedw," which is almoflt imp"*- Hihlt; to cxteniiinntc. Ah Iturrough* fiiya, "tliev liave bwii to i4chool to man I'or many hiiinIriMl jpiira, and they nave learned to thrive upon him; their miugale »or e;.- iNtirut* hits hccii ^ ami pn)tp;n-t(?; And they have bci'n able to e^tabliali iLnm- twlve* easily in new iiome*. 'I
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. 46 FLOWKKS OK THE FIELf) AND FOKKST. mm t"'rf'>ratiini, (Fi«. LXXT.) [t tM not « mifivc nlatit, but one of IhoM "|>erniciouii o|(! world wcedw," which is almoflt imp"*- Hihlt; to cxteniiinntc. Ah Iturrough* fiiya, "tliev liave bwii to i4chool to man I'or many hiiinIriMl jpiira, and they nave learned to thrive upon him; their miugale »or e;.- iNtirut* hits hccii ^ ami pn)tp;n-t(?; And they have bci'n able to e^tabliali iLnm- twlve* easily in new iiome*. 'Ihe cummon St. John'ti Wort i« a pcrt-nnial, branching plant, with nmall, oppo<iitc, oh Inntt leaves, more or IrHH covered wiUi dot4. The numtTous tlowcm are jo-ely f;rou|ied in terminal clusters, which eafy and ragged in appearance. lixc'a hm a calyx comnoned ot live narrow , and hve bright yellow peials, jne-tnirl ot an inch in k-ngth and dotted with b,ack. Numerous etamenii are united at thcii- hnncA in three neU, and the pistil has thiec Bpreading utyjes. Aa its Knglish nawie im- SlieH, it was formerly associated with St. ohn'a Day. The dew which fell npiin tfie plant on St. John's Kve w, rtU|t)'Oicd to be useful in preserving the eyes fpiim di-^- ease; and an ointnient made from Uit herb was said to be so valuable a • •ar f u wounds that the plant was oft.* i tniled "the wonderful ; In the Netl'* it was gathered before sunrise aa a ecics have n wine. llv nericum ellipticum, a pretty form with un- branched stem and sni .'ler pale >.j: i,v petal--, is found from Noi i Scotia to I^ake Winnipeg; and the groat St. John's-Wort. Ifyp»'ricum aacvron brifshtens the tianK» of streaniiJ and low grounda troin (^'u'^hcc to the Sajikatchewan. 'Ihe latter often grows to a height of five feet, the flowers are about two inches in diameter, and I'je htamcns are groui>ed in five clusters. Another flower which abounds east of the Saskatch
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