18 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



pals ; sometimes these are pinkish. Gray says from 

 five to ten sepals, but the majority of specimens 

 I have gathered seemed to bear six. This ilower 

 does not rank as an anemone, and Gray states the 



reason why ; 

 but for me it 

 bears a suffi- 

 cient and un- 

 mistakable fam- 

 ily likeness in its leaf- 

 age to rue or Thalic- 

 trum. It blooms iu 



May. 



Spring Beauty. 



llayton la 



Virginica. 



The little pink 

 spring beauty 

 is a favorite 

 every one vrho loves wild 

 . Who would ever suspect 

 kind of pusley ? The flow- 

 bearing several blossoms, 

 sprawls outward from between two broad, 

 grasslike, dark-green leaves. The flower is delicately 

 veined with a deeper pink, and has five petals and 

 two sepals. Sometimes it is quite white with pink 

 veining. Like a great many other delicate wild 

 flowers, it has a disappointing way of closing as 

 soon as it is picked ; Init a tumbler of water and 



Spring 

 Beauty, 



