UMBELLIFER.E 



THE FRUIT: oblong and convex, each carpel ridged and 

 some armed with distinct spines and pierced with oil tubes. 

 The vitality of the seed is estimated at fifteen years ! 



Mrs. Owen has a pointed comment on the Wild Carrot! 

 She says, with unconscious humour, " Too common, a great 

 pest overrunning entire fields." Granted, from the farm- 

 ers' point of view. But from the side view of the lay 

 person not "a great pest" at all, but a very decorative 

 plant. 



The stem is light whitish-green, the finely divided carrot- 

 like leaves yellowish-green and the umbrella-like clusters 

 of dainty and tiny flowers very lacy. Rosy forms, in vary- 

 ing degree of colour, occur mostly in the younger plants 

 and frequently a dark spot occurs in the center, but neither 

 of these variations indicates a different species. 



Thirteen other members of the Parsley Family hav 

 been reported. 



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