152 PIXK TO RED 



Milton in Lycidas speaks of "the well-attir'd woodbine," 

 and truly, for no "gadding vine " was ever graced with finer 

 or more fragrant flowers. 



Spenser calls it by the older name of Caprifolc, or Goat-leaf, 

 because, like the mountain goat, it climbs over almost inac- 

 cessible crags; the French and Italian names are also similar, 

 being respectively CJicvrc-fciiillc and Caprifoglio. 



ROUGH FLEABANE 



Erigeroii ij^labcllits. Composite Family 



Perennial by a woody root. Stems: .simple or l:)ranchecl above, some- 

 times hirsute. Leaves: pubescent, entire, the basal ones spatulate; stem- 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Flowers : heads several or 

 solitary, involucre hemispheric, hirsute; rays very narrow, about one 

 hundred or more. 



This charming Flcabane grows in dry soil and bears flowers 

 of many hues, — pink, mauve, cream, and white. It has long 

 narrow leaves, which, together with the stalks, are hairy. 



PINK EVERLASTING 



AiUciiiHD'ia par7'ifolin 7'ai\ rosea. Comjiosite Family 



P^locco.se-woolly, surculo.se, forming broad patches. Leaves: basal ones 

 spatulate or obovate, w^hite-canescent on both sides ; stem-leaves linear, 

 sessile. Flowers: heads in a terminal capitate or corymbose cluster. 



The Pink Everlasting is so conspicuous by reason of its 

 rosy crackling flowers, with their white silky centres and white 

 woolly stems and leaxes, that it rec|uires lillle defuiile descrip- 

 tion for identification. It has a tuft of procumbent foliage at 

 the base, and all the way up the stem there cling many tiny 

 narrow leaves. Growing from two to twehe inches high, this 

 plant will be foiuid in the same localities as the white species. 



