JULY TO OCTOBER. 



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handsome, like their relative the cardinal 

 flower. It is perfectly plain in this in- 

 stance that color is the most important 

 element of beauty in a flower. The 

 Lohelias bloom in midsummer. 



Cardinal Flower. 



Lobelia cardinalis. 



The magnificent red 



of tlie cardinal 

 flower fully entitles it to its 

 name. There is no other wild 

 flower which approaches it ==^=i^^ 

 in color. In August the 

 flower is in its prime, and it 

 will be found in marshy 

 ground and on the edge of 

 the pasture, where the par- 

 tial shade of the neighboring 

 woods relieves the bright red 

 in a very charming fashion. 

 I have found the flower 

 in the Catskills, but 

 never in the White 

 Mountains ; it is com- 

 mon in the Berkshires, 

 and grows here and 

 there over the country 

 in a latitude, generally 

 speaking, not north of 



Cardinal Flower. 



