. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. l1* SKUNK CABDAGE. PLATE 245 SYMPLOCAKPUS FOETIDUS. (ARUM FAMILY.) flOHl ftlttt' smthK^. /> nni/j/i>.X /Ac " JWi/ itfi-ptn^ : li-a-rf apt^-iiriiig atfrr thr ftvurrs. fl,>k\. Jong l>rli/ong. iut'leHtUd hy a Utgi, Atuhi-ihti/ifii^ jli-thy. fHttntftt ipatkf. fi ig/il gtrr't: Jlitnrfs in it \fiort, if' toumlej sf>a>tix^. rR(^;o, as the cnrlir-t wild lant appears. No other sij;n of lile is there in meadow o: forest, .save the Alders that lianj; thei
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. l1* SKUNK CABDAGE. PLATE 245 SYMPLOCAKPUS FOETIDUS. (ARUM FAMILY.) flOHl ftlttt' smthK^. /> nni/j/i>.X /Ac " JWi/ itfi-ptn^ : li-a-rf apt^-iiriiig atfrr thr ftvurrs. fl,>k\. Jong l>rli/ong. iut'leHtUd hy a Utgi, Atuhi-ihti/ifii^ jli-thy. fHttntftt ipatkf. fi ig/il gtrr't: Jlitnrfs in it \fiort, if' toumlej sf>a>tix^. rR(^;o, as the cnrlir-t wild lant appears. No other sij;n of lile is there in meadow o: forest, .save the Alders that lianj; their yellow liy stream or pond, shaking out .showers of Roldeii jxillen as the breeze lifts them. VVIu'ii t'arlli !i;illi tVU Ihi- t)re;it!i u>ih rt on her <it livertT's wiiij; Tlu- Iiii,\;i'riiix frosts of winter i-lin^." Out of the cold black .soil of big and meadow rises the pointed flowcrleaf of the Skunk Cabbage, exqtiisite in form, curled like .some dainty -sea-shcU. Dark purple is its color, mottled ami striped with yeUow. Concealed near the base of the cavity of this hood-shapeil leaf is the round, compact .spike <if flowers. When spring is well advanced and the early flower-leaves have melted in mortality, the true foliage-leaves ajipear in tnlts, lar^e and of a brigh. dilighlful green. A very hamlsome plant is the Skunk Cabbage, despite its unnielodious and unpleasantly s";^gestive name. It is the characteristic <Hlor fo~ .ihich the SympliK-arpus is most famous, "a strong <Hlor like that of the skunk and also somewhat ; writes (Irav. T'. strength and disagreeableness of this odor have been much exaggerated. In the open air it is barely Its function is to attract the !'ies ;iry for ' 44i ,o ;iL PR HILLARY. PLATB 346. (LILY FAMILY.) ^fm frfft from a compact, si'ji'v bulb: foMi to lufixr indift litgli. nmfitV. ijiiilf ; //iiivi .'inrat. ailr-
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