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FAMILIAR WILD FLO WEES. 



is scarcely as accurate as most of his descriptions of 

 nature are if we examine an isolated plant, though as he 

 speaks of this and other flowers as painting the meadows, 

 it would rather appear that he refers to the general effect 

 produced by the mass of plants spread over the pasture 

 when the pale tinge of colour is lost in a general sense of 

 white, and in this sense the line may very well stand. 



As the flowers pass away they are succeeded by pods 

 an inch or so in length. There are three other species 

 of bitter-cress, but the one figured is that most commonly 

 met with. 



