ILLUSTRATIONS 



AMERICAN WISTARIA. Kraunhia frutescens . . . Frontispiece 



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TRAILING ARBUTUS. Epigeia repens 8 



TULIPS. Tulip picotee 9 



PITCHER-PLANT. Sarracenia purpurea 18 



MOCCASIN-FLOWER. Cypripedium acaule ..... 19 



MOTH ORCHID. Cypripedium . . 28 



YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER. Cypripedium pubescent ... 29 



TAR-FLOWER. Bejaria racemosa 42 



CACTI 50 



GLOBE THISTLE. Echinops 51 



WATER-LILIES. Nymphcea odorata 68 



INDIAN PIPE (Monotropa uniflora) and BEECH-DROPS (Mono- 



tropa Hypopitys) 69 



JIMSON-WEED. Datura Stramonium 80 



WITCH-HAZEL. Hamamelis Virginica ....'.. 81 

 YELLOW JASSAMINE. Gelsemium sempervirens .... 88 



UNICORN-PLANT. Martynia proboscidea .96 



SUNFLOWER. Helianthus 97 



DAY LILY. Hemerocallis fulva 106 



MOONFLOWER. Ipomcea Bona-nox 107 



DANDELION. Taraxacum officinale 112 



GOLDENROD (Solidago) and MILKWEED (Asclepias) . . .113 



MARIGOLD. Tagetes erecta 128 



NASTURTIUMS. Tropceolum nanum 129 



DAFFODILS. Narcissus telamonius plenus .138 



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