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Justicia (I. Luridasanguinea)— A shrubby 

 plant, sturdy and densely clothed with good 

 sized leaves, may be frequently seen on the 

 edge of woods, on field corners especially in 

 shady nooks. The flower is reddish while, 

 and forms a head with very attractive ap- 

 pearance. The white and the reddish flower- 

 ing species are abundant, a very large patch 

 of both growing on the east side of the Ham- 

 ilton exhibition grounds. 



Mimulus (M. Luteus)— Known also as the 

 Monkey Flower, is an oi-casional straggler 

 from cultivation. Its growth varies accord- 

 ing to locality, ranging from a few inches to 

 one foot high. It may occasionally be seen 

 on some old wall, or entrance pillars. The 

 flowers are not unlike the Snapdragon, pur- 

 plish red. It may be called rare in its es- 

 caped form. 



Speedwell (Veronica Agrestis)— Stems pros- 

 trate and slender with slightly hairy leaves. 

 Flowers small, pale blue, veined. The plant 

 is very insignificant, growing in wastH ground 

 and as a weed in gardens. Another species 

 <V. Arvensis) has erect stems four to eight 

 inches long, with a pale blue flower only the 

 eighth of an inch. It is very similar to the 

 former, ex<3Ppt in its erect growth. Another 

 species (V Peregrina) has an erect stem four 

 to eight inches high, leaves more Heshy than 

 the other species, flowers white, diminutive, 

 and found mostly as a weed in cultivated 

 ground, and in waste neglected places. 



Buckwheat Polygonum Fagopyrura) — An 

 €rect. smooth plant two to three feet high, 

 stem juicy, leaves arrow shaped, flowers nu- 

 merous in short racemes of a pale rose col- 

 our, almost white, followed by an edible grain, 

 greatly used in America. It grows in neg- 



