. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. JLANTS, like , have waste material that is pri«lnced in tlieir This is either acemniilated whcrr it will not be in the way- -stored away like old fnrnitnie ami clothes in a garret -or it is excreted. .Most plants that contain alkaloids sinli as iiiootin. cinchoiiin and strvohnin, take the loriuer method of disjiosing of their ashes and cinders. These often highly poisonous substance- ire merely the pr.«Uicts of coinbustiou in the plantâthe iiidigestil»k- f-irt of
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. JLANTS, like , have waste material that is pri«lnced in tlieir This is either acemniilated whcrr it will not be in the way- -stored away like old fnrnitnie ami clothes in a garret -or it is excreted. .Most plants that contain alkaloids sinli as iiiootin. cinchoiiin and strvohnin, take the loriuer method of disjiosing of their ashes and cinders. These often highly poisonous substance- ire merely the pr.«Uicts of coinbustiou in the plantâthe iiidigestil»k- f-irt of its food. In other cases the waste matter is i .nried to the surface and exudes from glands or oilier outlets. Nature here, as elsewhere, gives the inventor a hint of value. at first were waste priHbuts have been converted to utmost utility. I;;iis sought as food by visiting insects have become the means i>f periieluating the race of the plant. .Viid when, as in the case of the Nettles, the excielious are hurtful to insect, 'uast, and man, thev are useful stillâ'hey serve as means of .stout defence. To rec;ill a word ot"ten in the month of John how iull is nature of ' â hv-eiuls " I Seldom does she fail tiv deal a blow with the hilt as well as the edge of her sw,,rd. Not quite so veiioiiioiis as some of the true Nettles, yet by ii'- inollensive, is ihe Wood Xcltle. Lapurtea. This is ,i common weed ill rich shaded soil, with large, thin, dark green leaves. It in .\ngnst and SeptemlKT. Cj'S-. 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 Iles, George, 1852-1942. Montreal : Montreal Star
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