MOUNTAIN FIX)\\ i:kS 



— M7 



Wild Jmiv, (.1- I-uv \\\-c(l, is an..ihcr (uninxMi name lur 

 this plant, and a very appn.prialc one, to.., t,.r il is marvellous 

 how quickly these stately, handsome flowers will ever over 

 and beautify those tracts of country that have been charred 

 and desolated by forest hres. 



"Strange fiower, tliy inirplc niakini; haslL- 

 To glorify each blackened waste 



Of tire-swept land 

 Is with a blessed meaning fraught, 



And we — when pain hath fully wrought 



Shall understand."' 



E. ajignstifoliuni var. camsccns, or ?iid< Willowdierb, is 

 another species resembling the foregoing one, btit having 

 lovely pale pink flowers marked by rose-coloured veins. 



WATER WILLOW-HERB 



Epilobiuni lati/oliKui. Kvening I'riinrose Family 



Stems: erect, branching. Leaves: .sessile, entire, lanceolate, acutish at 

 both ends, thick. Flowers: magenta, in leat^ydjracted racemes; petals 



entire; stigma fourdobed. 



A very handsome species of Willowdierb, which grows in 

 wet places and marshes, or near water. It mav alwaNs be 

 recognized by its large bright magenta flowers and the'glau- 

 cous appearance of the stems and leaves, — that is to .say, by 

 the whitish bloom which covers them. Hie leaves are also 

 thick and very soft. 



ALPINE WILLOW-HERB 



KpilohiuDi anaoiillitiifoliio)!. i;\ening Primrose Family 



Stems: low, tufted, nodding at the apex. Leaves: oblong, entire, obtuse 

 at the ape.x. Flowers: tew, axillary, clustered at the a|)ex, nodding: 

 stigmia entire. Fruit: .seeds .smooth, short-beaked, coma dingv white. 



A tiny dwarf plant, from two to six inches high, growing 

 on lofty summits. It has small magenta or sometimes while 



