. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. lantine Which Tairies catch in hyacinth ;âSiiRLLRV. ^F KiiKlish piH'ts only \Viir(ls\v.)rth knew the flowors as .SlicUey did niul described them as lovingly, albeit Wordsworth is fanciful tlian Shelk-y, and his pictures are ls " ; Wordswurth, too, loved l)est the shy grace of the wild flowers, while Shelley tuned his lyie to the praise of the wards of the gardener. Perhaps no flower combines sn much rvislic wilduess of beauty with a for
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. lantine Which Tairies catch in hyacinth ;âSiiRLLRV. ^F KiiKlish piH'ts only \Viir(ls\v.)rth knew the flowors as .SlicUey did niul described them as lovingly, albeit Wordsworth is fanciful tlian Shelk-y, and his pictures are ls " ; Wordswurth, too, loved l)est the shy grace of the wild flowers, while Shelley tuned his lyie to the praise of the wards of the gardener. Perhaps no flower combines sn much rvislic wilduess of beauty with a for dwelling near human haunts as does the eglantine. One of the loveliest of roses, it has come to us from Kurope and has long made itself at home in the new world. Hawthorne, in "The Scarlet Letter," givis us a beautiful picture cf the sweet brier that grew at the door of the gloomy New ICngland jail, the one bright object that met the eyes of the u happy pris<mer as she entereite of the eglantine witli its dainl> i>iiik flowers and graceful leafage, is joined to a delightful, penetrating fragrance. comes from tlie es,scntial oil contained in 'he tiny glands on the under-surface of the â ^n *h i h. GOLDEN RAGWORT. PLATE 78. SENECIO AUREUS. (SUNFLOWER FAMILY.) Whole tlant glabrous, at least uhen tnaliiie. stem erect. Msua.'.'i ittiut, /urnnveif: rimt leates on long petiiiles. large, short oblong or orbicular, cordate, : stem leaves lyrale. uppermost sessile, ilasping. deeply ; heads in a terminal, cor\mhos( paii'.lc, bright vellow. rays usually ten or titvlir. ^HTv sunflower family is the largest among flowering i)laiits. It includes an eiuiinous number of ,sj)ecies, and presents a rich variety of torms. The iron-weed with its tni)ular purple flowers, the golden-rod" and asters, the sunflowers, cone flowers and coreopsis with their showy rays, the yarrow and white-weed, the ragweed and the rloi iiur with their in
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