RED WILD FLOWERS 



south to Florida and Texas from April to July. During 

 my early school days, when 



"Read-in* and 'rit-in' and 'rith-me-tic 

 Taught to the tune of a hick-ry stick." 



was a serious reality, most every boy and girl knew 

 the Columbine better as the "Honeysuckle," and 

 acquired the habit of biting into the ends of the spurs 

 and sucking out the sweet nectar. The Columbine 

 was first introduced into England to decorate the 

 gardens of Hampton Court during the reign of Charles 

 L, having been sent from the Virginia Colony by a 

 young botanist to Tradescant, gardener and herbalist 

 to the King. 



The Blue, or Small-flowered Columbine, A. brevi- 

 styla, is a much smaller species, bluish or sometimes 

 creamy white in colour, with shorter, incurving spurs. 

 The stamens and pistils rarely protrude, and the 

 flower is more compact. It is found throughout the 

 Northwest Territory to South Dakota. 



PITCHER-PLANT. HUNTSMAN'S CUP. 

 INDIAN CUP 



Sarracenia purpurea. Pitcher-plant Family. 

 In many respects the Pitcher-plant is one of the 

 most interesting and curiosity-exciting of our wild 

 flowers. Perhaps you have heard that some plants 

 "eat" insects, and here you are face to face with one 

 of them. First of all, let us substitute the word absorb 

 for the word eat, and we will better understand our 

 subject, which neither chews nor swallows. Far- 



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