IG4: FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



hroi07i, so we must call it brown, with modifications 

 which fit the case. My modification, then, would be 

 pale lavender brown, with a few touches of pale- 

 brown lavender. For the in- 

 dorsement of my statement I 

 must refer to the microscope ; 

 under it the colors will show 

 themselves definitely, and the 

 flower will also prove to be 

 exquisitely formed. The milk- 

 weed is in blossom during the 

 Milkweed. early part of the summer ; its 



heavy perfume is cloying ; in other words, it is alto- 

 gether too sweet. 



Butterfly Weed. ^^^^ butterfly weed is a variety of 

 Asclepias tuherosa. milkwccd wlucli is Very common 

 through N^ew England, particularly in the vicinity 

 of Cape Cod. It grows in dry sandy places, blooms 

 in midsummer, and stains the pas- 

 tures with a brilliant orange-color, -^ 

 which, I should think, would set a 

 colorist of the impressionist school \^ 



quite wild. The shape of the flow- Floating seed of But- 



-,, , . , terfly Weed. 



ers IS almost exactly like that of the 

 common milkweed ; but, unlike the latter plant, the 

 stems and stalks when broken do not exude a plenti- 

 ful supply of sticky "milk." I have drawn the seed 



