CONTENTS. 



ENGLISH WILD FLOWERS. 



THE STORY OF THE WILD FLOWERS. The voices of the 

 flowers The lesson of the prison flower Uses of wild 

 plants Popular medicines Old folk lore Rural dainties 

 Old customs Historic wild flowers . . 1 18 



How THE WILD FLOWERS GROW. The seed and seed-leaves 

 How the plant lives and thrives The flower and its 

 parts The calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil Fertilization 

 The embryo The spreading of the seed The sleep of 

 plants Floral clock 1928 



How TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS. Their peculiarities 

 Varieties of roots, leaves, and flowers Inflorescence The 

 fruit The peculiarities of name . . . 29 40 



WILD FLOWERS OF SPRING. 



DWELLERS BY THE WAYSIDES AND IN THE HEDGEROWS. The 

 hazel, palm willow, daisy, red dead nettle Ground ivy, 

 cuckoo-pint Primrose Scented violet Dog violet 

 Lesser celandine White dead nettle, true nettle, alder, 

 the ash, horse chestnut, the sloe, treacle-mustard, Jack-by- 

 the-hedge Periwinkles The moschatel, the hellebores 

 The cleavers Wayfaring tree, the guelder rose The elder 

 The box Holly, spindle-tree The cornel or dogwood 



