404 WILD FLOWEBS OF 



About rivulets and wet ditches the Hemp Agrimony 

 (JSkepatorium cannabinum) displays in large patches 

 its thickly crowded corymbs of reddish-purple flowers, 

 accompanied by the Water-Figwort (Scroplmlaria 

 aquatica), within the throats of whose red flowers 

 wasps may be often seen searching for sweets ; and 

 marshes are now adorned with the elegant panicles of 

 the common Reed (Arundo Phragmites), at this time 

 in feathery perfection. 



Some goose-grazed common, dotted with pools, may 

 now be inspected with advantage, for here a host of 

 plants cut up elsewhere wherever they appear, take 

 sanctuary like worried tribes among mankind, routed, 

 harassed, pursued, and persecuted, till they find some 

 remote district where they can rest their wearied feet. 

 Here may be seen in abundance those troublesome 

 tribes the Atripliccsa and CJienopodiacece, in vernacu- 

 lar dialect, Groosefoots, Fat Hens, &c. ; Spotted and 

 Pale-flowered Persicarias, the Biting Arsmart (Poly- 

 gonwn Hydropiper), not to be mistaken if its flowers 

 be once chewed; various Eagworts like beggars in 

 gaudy garments, the scentless Feverfew (Matricaria 

 inodord), the stinking Chamomile (Anthemis Cotula), 

 and the too Common Yarrow (Acliillcea Millefolium), 

 with its flat-topped heads of small but densely clus- 

 tered white flowers. In wetter parts of such waste 

 places where water settles all the winter through, the 

 Small Fleabane (Inula vulgaris) appears with numerous 

 branches bearing golden discs or knobs, with very 

 short inconspicuous rays. The drier turfy places have 

 a pleasanter and more wholesome aspect gemmed with 

 the pretty stars (yellow disc and white ray,) of the 

 Common Chamomile (Antliemis nobilis) whose aroma- 



