108 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



Tlie flower appears ((juite as soon as the broad, 

 grasslike leaves) in the Carolinas and southward 

 from March to June, according to the locality. It 

 is a relative of the yellow star-grass and the snow- 

 drop. To this family also belong the common Eng- 

 lish daffodil {JV. Pseudo-JVarcissus), the jonquil {JV. 

 jonquilla), and the Narcissi poeticus and polyan- 

 t/ios / this last, a variety of tiny flowers in clusters, 

 I have found growing wild in Switzerland near 

 the St. Bernard Pass, in May ; it is the parent of 

 the cultivated variety named JV. Ta- 

 zetta, or Polyanthus ]Sfa?'cissus. But 

 these are more successful as hot-house 

 plants, although some are quite hardy 

 in gardens south of Boston. 



Milkwort. Milkwort is a com- 



roiyijaiaxanguinea. mon wecd wliicli gen- 

 erally grows in wet sandy ground and 

 bears pinkish-crimson flowers in a 

 head somewhat similar to clover, l)ut 

 smaller. Tt grows not more than nine 

 inches high, and is common in Massa- 

 chusetts and in the ]>ine district of 

 New Jersey, in the vicinity of Lake- 

 wood. Its name was derived from 

 two Greek words, meaning much milk ; not that the 

 plants yielded milky jnice, but it was thought that 



rol.> gala 

 Sanguiuea. 



