Midsummer 



gether satisfactory hunting grounds. The 

 more interesting flowers have sought the 

 combined light and moisture of the open 

 bogs or the sunshine of the fields and 

 roadsides. Along the latter are quanti- 

 ties of bladder-campion, a European mem- 

 ber of the Pink family which has estab- 

 lished itself in Eastern New England. It 

 can be recognized at once by its much- 

 inflated calyx and by its deeply parted 

 white petals. A few days since I found 

 the wayside whitened with the large 

 flowers of the lovely summer anemone, 

 each one springing from between two 

 closely set, deeply cut leaves, in the dis- 

 tance suggesting white wild geraniums. 

 A near kinsman, the thimble - weed, is 

 apt to be confused with the summer ane- 

 mone when it is found bearing white in- 

 stead of greenish flowers. This curious- 

 looking plant is noticeable now in shaded 

 spots, growing to a height of two or three 

 feet, and sending up gaunt flower-stalks 



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