MOUNTAIN FLOWKRS , ,,^ 



WILD BLEEDING-HEART 



Dicciitra Jor/j/oui. V uni i i( »i y I'aniil v 



Stems: from the apex of thick, ahiiost naked, Lieepin- Mxjisiocks. 

 Leaves: twice or thrice ternately compound, the ultimate divisions narrow 

 and incisely pinnatifid. Flowers: pale ma^jenta, in compound racemes 

 at summit of scapes: corolla ovate-C(.rdate, with connivent spurs: petals 

 united up to and above the middle. 



This plant resembles, in miniature, the lovelv i)ink and 

 white Bleeding-heart so popular in old-fashioned gardens; 

 but its dull magenta-pink flowers are not nearl\- so allraclive 

 in appearance as those of its beautiful cultivated cousin. The 

 only charm of the wild species lies in the grace of its slender 

 stems, which bear numerous pendent heart-shaped blossoms 

 along their drooping lengths, and its finely dissected foliage. 



CAROLINA CRANE'S-BILL 



Geranium Caroliniamtiii. (leranium F;imil\" 



Stems: erect, much branched from the base. Leaves: j^etioled, reniform- 

 orbicular in outline, deeply cleft into five to nine oblonij, cuneate, lobed 

 segments. Flowers: in compact clusters: |)etals pink, obcordate, eipial- 

 Hng the awned sepals. 



This wild Geranium is \-er\- like the Herb Robert, and has 

 the same dull pink flowers \-eined with deej) rose. The 

 Greek name of the plant means "a crane," and the common 

 name Crane's-bill denotes the long grooved beak composed 

 of five styles that coliere at tlie top. The cal\\ is formed of 

 five pointed sepals, and the corolla of fi\e indented ])elals. 

 The whole plant is cox'ered with tine gra\- haiis and has an 

 extremelv strong smell, caused b\- a resinous secretion. Its 

 leaves are roundish in form and deepK' cleft ; the long stalks 

 are brittle and cpiite red where exposed to the simlighl. 

 Sometimes the flowers are white. 



