ST. JOHN'S-WORT AND WILD 

 CARROT FAMILIES 



St. John's- wort. The St. John's-wort is the 

 prophet of the Goldenrod. Long before the fields 

 are yellowed by the Midas touch of the latter 

 plant they are spotted here and there by the bril- 

 liant blossoms of the Hypericum. There are 

 many species of these, varying from tiny plants 

 only a few inches high to the larger ones two or 

 three feet high. The leaves of the commonest 

 sort are small and slender, while the flowers are 

 quite conspicuous with their golden-yellow petals 

 and their numerous stamens. This variety is 

 especially found in dry fields where, later in the 

 year, it is replaced by the glorious Goldenrod. 

 These flowers are the typical - representatives of 

 the St. John's-wort family (Hypericacccc). 



Wild Carrot. There is generally no need to 

 search far for the white umbrellas of the Wild 

 Carrot. In the older settled regions it probably 

 occurs along the nearest roadside, if it does not 

 overrun the fields and pastures. Yet it is a 

 decidedly decorative plant, with its fluted columns 

 for stems, its slender incised leaves and its mass 

 of tiny flowers arranged in spreading heads that 



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