THE PIMPEKNEL. 



Aiiagallis arvensis. Naf. Ord., Priiniilacete. 



N the colour alone of this little 

 flower will be found almost a 

 sufficient guide to its identifica- 

 tion, as there is no other indigen- 

 ous flower, no other wild blossom, 

 just of this tint a pale scarlet 

 or very deep salmon red. "While 

 we have yellow flowers in abund- 

 ance, as the silverweed, the iris, 

 the buttercup, the cowslip ; while 

 we have pink flowers not a few 

 the campion, the dog-rose, the 

 rest-harrow ; while white flowers 

 are common, as the hawthorn, the 

 bindweed, the strawberry; while the 

 various shades of blue are fairly well repre- 

 sented by the forget-me-not, the borage, 

 and the hyacinth, and while purple is seen in the blos- 

 soms of the violet and the woody nightshade, purely red 

 flowers are rare indeed. The intense scarlet of the corn- 

 poppy, the duller reds of the other poppies, and the pale 

 scarlet of the pimpernel, are the only examples that can be 

 instanced. Flowers wherein the red inclines towards yellow, 



