. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. ?T PI,ATE 87. : lli-.\n. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) tl'fiolr f^tattt ' h-imitiil, fimitfit ifiifs; lUtolU tM/'Hfin â¢am/Htnutufr. hivhpffit. atwttv in Ihf thi>Mit; f.'tJfititamf»iJoHi. \*ith a xvilige oj d fljlh. "Tlie itiillioii-hauiU'tl sculptor iiioIi]s Ouainlt'st biul and hlnsKoin folds, Tile niillion-liaitdcil painter pours Dpal huts aud purple ;âA'w/<'/si)n. lll'tX we dimly roali/c th(j iiiminicral)le forms ami colurs with wliicli Xaltirv diversifi
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. ?T PI,ATE 87. : lli-.\n. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) tl'fiolr f^tattt ' h-imitiil, fimitfit ifiifs; lUtolU tM/'Hfin â¢am/Htnutufr. hivhpffit. atwttv in Ihf thi>Mit; f.'tJfititamf»iJoHi. \*ith a xvilige oj d fljlh. "Tlie itiillioii-hauiU'tl sculptor iiioIi]s Ouainlt'st biul and hlnsKoin folds, Tile niillion-liaitdcil painter pours Dpal huts aud purple ;âA'w/<'/si)n. lll'tX we dimly roali/c th(j iiiminicral)le forms ami colurs with wliicli Xaltirv diversifies the kiiidly matitle of vi'i;etatiii that covers this aiiiient t;lohe and hides its stern , we must mar'el at her and iiUNhanslilile feiiiiidit\. X 1 two â ijieeies, no two individuals, are fashioned just alike. livery hlossoi", every leaf, every twig has its speiial form and feature, l-laeh petal has its peculiar hue, and lui two colors are ([uite the same. The dyer whocomiiiauds all the rain bow tints that art has drawn from lifeless coal-tar, is resourceless as compared with "the million-handed ; In the autumn season when the cicada shrills from yellowing willows and every scene and sound is suggestive of the ]) of the year, we may make a new ac(|uaintance at lirooksides and in swamps. A fine plant, with dark green leaves and large, white, rose tinged flowers in close spikes This is the Turtle head. The two-lippeil corolla has an nndenialile likeness to the heail of a tortoise, with the mouth It llowers in Septemlx'r and :&0 ^ PLATE 88. ) ^SFSTRIFF. SIFIRUNFMA 'RIMROSF l-AMlLY.) SIfm erert. htaHchnig aboi'i\ iltniii't vA, /<)M^ ann/^if. smii.'lh leaifs â¢i/t/Hiiilf, sfailf or on \harl, uingfil, ttlmtf fii'tfl^i. imtuilhnh, oirhng l,t»iYi'/,Uf. i/i ittr at iififi. jY»«v ,1 \tllin\ f^<h</h III fit iif<-pl\ Jiif tltfl; (ototht Kttalf.
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