162 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



passer-bj. The dogbane blooms 

 in early summer, and it is often 

 found in the company of the 

 milkweed. 



Common Milkweed. Tile com- 

 Asclepias ConiutL nion milk- 

 Weed needs no introduc 

 tion ; its pretty pods of 

 white silk are familiar to 

 every child, who treas- 

 ures them until the time 

 comes when the place 

 in which they are 

 stowed away 

 is one mass 



Milkweed Down. 



of bewil- 

 dering, un- 

 manageable 

 white fluff. Then 

 there are vague 

 talks about stuff- 

 ing pillows and all 

 that sort of thing ; 

 but the first attempt 

 to manipulate the law- 

 less, airy down usually 

 results in disastrous 

 confusion, and whole 



