. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. SPIDERWORT. PI,ATE 67. TRADESCANTIA VIKGINICA. (SPIDERWORT 1 \MILY.) ftrrnHial; tool a cluilri ol IliukfonI nhtrt . Mrm r>r,l. ini'.i/* ... t. Jfimlnl. jitial: .hrâlh,il by Ihf ./.Ij^lirj; *.ii/i âf Ikr hmf. ..> Am.,â¢.>/,!/,â¢. Ki bmttrj h\ tkf uppft IftttYi; outri Ikn-e pftinmlk \rKmfmls *'»*â /â «, tmnfr tktfe purftr. \hkf Uaiy^. /ti>7im umbfl HOl'T flowiTs that open only to wither there is a tender These arc the dragon flies of the plant world, ephe
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. SPIDERWORT. PI,ATE 67. TRADESCANTIA VIKGINICA. (SPIDERWORT 1 \MILY.) ftrrnHial; tool a cluilri ol IliukfonI nhtrt . Mrm r>r,l. ini'.i/* ... t. Jfimlnl. jitial: .hrâlh,il by Ihf ./.Ij^lirj; *.ii/i âf Ikr hmf. ..> Am.,â¢.>/,!/,â¢. Ki bmttrj h\ tkf uppft IftttYi; outri Ikn-e pftinmlk \rKmfmls *'»*â /â «, tmnfr tktfe purftr. \hkf Uaiy^. /ti>7im umbfl HOl'T flowiTs that open only to wither there is a tender These arc the dragon flies of the plant world, epheiiKTal beauties, expandinj. .it " The breezy call of iiiceiisi-bnatliiiifr morn," fading like vajior in the light of tlie midday snn. Such are the delicate blossoms of the siiider-flowcr. Hrave and hardy they lrH)k in their of rich purple, till the hot sun l> them. Then they melt away like wax. The withered, inucilagiti"U'- petals can Ik; drawn out into fine threads like those of a .spider's web, hence the popular name. Tradescantia \'irginica is a Ixiautiful iilaut. The (lower-; with their golden stamens and their i>etals il a fine .shade of blue or of purple areas pretty as they are curious. The spiderwort does not extend north of the Middle State- in the ICast. In the West, it grows in Minnesota, straving into Canada, and westward to the Kocky Mon .lins. Si'Utliward it ranges to I'iMiida ' Texas. The flowers apiK'ar in May and June. Another pretty little spiderwort is tra<le--cantia rosea, with pink-purple flowers, a native 01 .Southern States. Some of the tropical spi-i ies are exceedingly hancUoiue, with flowers tnuch larger than ours. PtATE 68. SILVER-WEED. POTENTILLA ANSERINA. (ROSE FAMILY.) Hnmfi,iiii, tht hiurr trrv imoll and small OHts inUrsffrsfd among tht i"litati t)» long p^dnncUi, rfilow. AcauUscenl; roots /brous, thtckenrd: tf^tilotk iknrt. s^mtttg -'il lung i/..;..wwer is to blush tirl<H*etl, And
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