PINK WILD FLOWERS 



carried by them to other flowers, thus completing 

 a very remarkable means of cross-fertilization, which, 

 by the way, is a very wonderful study in itself. 



PURPLE MILKWEED 



Asclepias purpurdscens. Milkweed Famfly. 



A handsome species with large, deep crimson or pur- 

 ple flowers found in dry fields, roadsides and thickets 

 from New Hampshire to Ontario, Minnesota, Virginia, 

 and Kansas during June, July, and August. The 

 usually single stalk rises from two to four feet high, 

 and it is tough-fibred, finely grooved and very leafy. 

 It is so full of milky juice that it fairly spurts out when 

 a stem or leaf is broken. The long, oval leaf tapers to 

 a point toward the tip, and narrows at the base into 

 a short stem. It is smooth above, and finely downy 

 beneath. The entire margins are sometimes slightly 

 wavy. The veins are wide- spreading, and the midrib 

 is strong. They are arranged in alternate pairs. 

 The divisions of the corolla are oblong in shape 

 and deep purple in colour. The short, broad horn 

 tapers to a sharp tip, which turns acutely toward the 

 centre. The numerous flowers are loosely clustered 

 in rounding terminal heads. 



SWAMP MILKWEED 



Asclepias incarnata. Milkweed Family. 



This species is found commonly in and about swamps 

 from July to September and ranges through New 

 Brunswick to Tennessee, Kansas, and Louisiana. The 



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