122 "WILD FLOWEUS OF SUMMER. 



times grows in tlie hedgerows. It must not be con- 

 founded with what ia called "\Vater-Betony, that is, 

 the "Water-Figwort or the Smooth Speedwell (Vero- 

 nica scrpyllifolid), which is sometimes called Paul's 

 Betony. 



The really beautiful blue Meadow Crane's-bill (Gc- 

 raniumpratense), like the cow wheat, loves the wood, 

 lands more than the meadows. It grows some two 

 feet high, and its rough woolly stem, large deeply- 

 lobed leaves, each lobe subdivided, mark the plant, as 

 well as its large purplish-blue flowers. It blooms 

 throughout the summer months. 



In the northern woodlands we may find the droop- 

 ing and humble Linnsea (Linncea lorcalis). Its pink 

 bell-like flowers grow in pairs on fine thread-like steins. 

 Its lowly habit and humble beauty commended it to 

 Linnaous, and Gronovius changed its name, at the 

 great Swedish botanist's request, from Nummularia 

 to Linnaa. 



In -woods, thickets, and shady places we may find 

 the large, rough, green leaves of the Dog's Mercury 

 (Mcrcurialis perennis). Its greenish flowers grow in 

 a lax panicle. The ovate or egg-shaped leaves are 

 serrated, and grow on stalks, mostly at the upper part 



