MAY, JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST. 



101 



SBiderwort ^^^^ spiderwort, somewhat more fa- 



Tradtscaidia miliar to US ill the old-fashioned gar- 



•' den tliaii growing wild, is neverthe- 



less common in some of the moist places of western 

 New York and the South. It is an at- 

 tractive little, three-petaled, purple-blue 

 flower with orange-yellow anthers, 

 which unfortunately has a very 

 short life. There 

 are so few blue 

 I'SiBi^ ^ wild flowers that 



the delicate blos- 

 som is Ijeautiful for this rea- 

 son if for no other. The little 

 blue clusters snuggled at the bases of 

 the narrow green leaves form a very 

 pretty bit of color harmony. The plant 

 blooms in early summer. 



Star of Bethlehem. ^^'^Y ^ays the star of 

 (>riiithn,jnii(in Bethlehem is an old gar- 



umheUation. i n ^ • i ^ 



den flower which has es- 

 caped to low meadows. The leaves 

 Spiderwort. are loug and grasslike, and the flower, 

 like that of Nicotiana ajjinis, is white 

 within and green without; but, exactly iinlike the 

 latter flower, it opens in sunshine. It is common 

 in some localities and absent in others ; it grows, 



