PINK 



propriately large, often appearing while the plant is still in 

 flower. Rafinesque states that from the stems may be obtained 

 a thread similar to hemp which can be woven into cloth, from 

 the pods, cotton, and from the blossoms, sugar. Its generic and 

 one of its English titles arose from the belief, which formerly 

 prevailed, that it was poisonous to dogs. The plant is con- 

 stantly found growing in roadside thickets, with bright, pretty 

 foliage, and blossoms that appear in early summer. 



PURPLE-FLOWERING RASPBERRY. 



Riibiis odoratits. Rose Family. 



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Stem. — Shrubby, three to five feet high; branching; branches bristly 

 and glandular. Leaves. — Three to five-lobed, the middle lobe prolonged. 

 Flowers. — Purplish-pink; large and showy; two inches broad. Calyx. — 

 Five-parted. Corolla. — Of five rounded petals. Stamens and Pistils. — 

 Numerous. Fruit. — Reddish, resembling the garden raspberry. 



This flower betrays its relationship to the wild rose, and 

 might easily be mistaken for it, although a glance at the undi- 

 vided leaves would at once correct such an error. The plant is 

 a decorative one when covered with its showy blossoms, con- 

 stantly arresting our attention along the wooded roadsides in 

 June and July. 



BASIL. 



Calamintha ClinoJ>odhim. Mint Family. 



Hairy; erect; one to two feet high. Leaves. — Opposite; oval; scarce- 

 ly toothed. Flower. — Small ; pink or purplish ; in close globular clusters 

 with noticeably long, hairy bracts. Calyx. — Two-lipped; upper lip three, 

 the lower two-cleft. Corolla. — Two-lipped ; upper lip erect, sometimes 

 notched; the lower spreading; three-parted. Stamens. — Four. Pistil. — 

 One, with two-lobed style. Ovary. — Deeply four-lobed. 



Bordering the woods and fields in midsummer we notice the 

 rounded, silky-bracted flower-clusters of the basil. 



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