STURDY SURVIVORS 



not indigenous to this country, but came to us 

 overseas. With it the Teasel, a plant fairly 

 well acclimated to the roadside, is opening its 

 last pale blue florets on its long, prickly heads. 

 The Teasel certainly possesses the gift of con- 

 tinuance, for in early summer last year's stalks 

 stand up strong and brown and lusty amid this 

 year's plants. 



Butter and Eggs, so named because of the 

 orange and gold of its blossoms, forms bloom- 

 ing beds, and will continue so to do until snow 

 comes; for possessed of a hardy constitution 

 and creeping roots it yields only to winter him- 

 self. Two others, companions in vagrancy — 

 citizens of the world, free, careless, and happy 

 — are to be found everywhere — Bouncing-Bet 

 and Sweet Clover. Glorious in midsummer, 

 they still linger, depressed but not conquered. 

 Both originally of the garden are to-day out- 

 casts, social pariahs, but instead of minding 

 both are dancing their way across the continent 

 along the railroad tracks. Bouncing-Bet bears 

 a blossom of exquisite rose-pink when first she 



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