FAMILIAK 



WILD FLOWEBS. 



THE COKN-MINT. 



Mentha arvensis. Nat. Ord., Labiates. 



UE, readers will have little 

 difficulty in finding the plant 

 here figured, as it is abun- 

 dantly distributed throughout 

 Britain, though, like many 

 plants, it is less commonly 

 met with as we travel north- 

 ward. It should be looked for 

 in fields and moist ground. Its 

 flowering season is August and 

 September. Like all the other 

 native species of mint, it 

 varies very considerably in 

 appearance in different plants, 

 some being much larger than 

 others, with a more developed 

 foliage, and a much greater 

 hairiness of all the parts. All 

 the species have a strong odour, that becomes more decided 

 still when the leaves are bruised in any way. The corn- 

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