222 Pink to Red Floivers 



The name Clover probably comes from the Latin clava, 

 meaning " club," and refers to the possible resemblance 

 between the trefoil leaf and the three-headed club of Hercu- 

 les. The " clubs " on playing cards are, no doubt, also an 

 imitation of the clover leaf. 



The Clover is believed by many people to be the ancient 

 " shamrag " of Ireland, though others — with perhaps equal 

 authority — claim that the National Flower of the Emerald 

 Isle, chosen by St. Patrick to illustrate the doctrine of the 

 Trinity, was originally the Wood-sorrel (Oxalis Acctosella) 

 whose quaint name of Allelujah refers to the religious sig- 

 nificance of its triple leaf. This is an introduced plant. 



MACKENZIE'S HEDYSARUM 



Hedysarum Mackcnmi. Pea Family 



Stems: suberect, simple or branched, minutely pubescent. Leaves: 

 five to eight pairs, oblong. Flowers: seven to thirty, loosely flowered; 

 bracts subulate ; teeth of the calyx as long as the tube. 



A bright rose-magenta wild Pea that grows to a height of 

 two feet in the mountain meadows. It is a large, spreading, 

 handsome plant. 



CAROLINA CRANE'S BILL 



Geranium carolinianuin. Geranium Family 



Stems: erect, much branched from the base. Leaves: petioled, reni- 

 form-orbicular in outline, deeply cleft into five to nine oblong, cuneate, 

 lobed segments. Flowers: in compact clusters; petals pink, obcordate, 

 equalling the awned sepals. 



This wild Geranium is very like the Herb Robert, and has 

 the same dull pink flowers veined with deep rose. The 

 Greek name of the plant means '' a crane," and the common 

 name Crane's Bill denotes the long grooved beak composed 

 of five styles that cohere at the top. The calyx is formed of 



