In Lilac Tide 



'45 



traits of Mrs. Wright's delightful " Time-o'-Day," 

 and he knew well my love of flowers ; for he had 

 been my charioteer to the woods where Rhododen- 

 dron and Rhodora bloom, and he had revealed to 

 me the pond where grew the pink Water Lilies. 

 And from a chance remark of mine he had conveyed 

 to me a wagon load of Joepye-weed and Boneset, 

 to the dismay of my younger children, who had 

 apprehensions 

 of unlimited gal- 

 lons of herb tea 

 therefrom. Let 

 me steal a few 

 lines from my 

 spring Lilacs to 

 write of these 

 two " Sisters of 

 Healing," which 

 were often 

 planted in the 

 household herb 

 garden. From 

 July to Septem- 

 ber in the low lying meadows of every state from 

 the Bay of Fundy to the Gulf of Mexico, can be 

 found Joepye-weed and Boneset. The dull pink 

 clusters of soft fringy blooms of Joepye-weed stand 

 up three to eight feet in height above the moist 

 earth, catching our eye and the visit of every pass- 

 ing butterfly, and commanding attention for their 

 fragrance, and a certain dignity of carnage notable 

 even among the more striking hues of the brilliant 



Joepye-weed and Queen Anne's Lace. 



