158 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



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Tall Meadow-Eue. The beautiful tall meadow-rue be- 

 ihaiidrum Cornuti. gjj^g ^^j sliow its pluuies of feathery 

 white flowers in early summer when the yellow field 

 lily is in full bloom. I call to 

 mind a lovely spot on the mead- 

 ows of Campton, N. H., 

 where the graceful lilies 

 hang their score of golden 

 '/"" . bells against a shady 



^fe^% background of low 

 e-- 4>. • l)ii-cli which is lighted 

 up here and there by 

 the soft, white bloom 

 of the tall mead- 

 ^^i^P ow - rue ; such a 

 picture one can 

 not forget ; and the 

 sleepy heat of a July 

 the hum of insects, the 

 izz of a lazy bumblebee, 

 the rustling of tall grass 

 disturbed by the flight of a 

 ground sparrow — these are 

 all the living parts of a pic- 

 ture in which the meadow-rue's tall and graceful 

 figure stands supreme. The ornamental blue-green 

 leaves are well M'orth close study, as they are charm- 



Tall Meadow- 

 Rue. 



