ROSE FLOWERS 



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of our single garden pinks, bright rose-coloured, with a darker 

 " eye," ana scentless : flowers in summer and autumn. 



106. Bagged Robin, Lychnis Flos-ciwuli, Pink family. The 

 tall slender stems and spikes of large pink flowers of this plant 

 are common and beautiful objects on marshy ground : the leaves 

 occur in pairs, and are lance-shaped, the lower ones narrowed 

 towards the base : the edges of the petals are cut into a fringe, 

 giving jthe flower its " ragged " appearance : the stem is sticky : 

 flowers in early summer. 



107. Cat's-foot, Mountain Everlasting, Antennaria dioica, 

 Daisy family. The little creeping stem bears many small oval 



106. Ragged Robin. 



107. Cat's-Foot, Mountain 

 Everlasting. 



leaves, broadest towards the tip, shiny above, and silvery with 

 hairs on the lower surface: from it arises a simple flowering 

 stem, about 4 to 6 ins. high, with 4 to 5 small flower-heads, pale 

 rose or white in colour: common on heaths, flowering in 

 summer. 



108. Cross-leaved Heath, Erica Tetralix, Heath family. A 

 common plant of boggy heaths, flowering in late summer and 

 autumn : it is most readily distinguished from the other common 

 heaths by its drooping cluster of large, egg-shaped, pale rose 

 flowers : the stem is 6 to 8 ins. high, and bears many whorls of 

 4 small, narrow, hairy leaves, and at its apex the drooping cluster 

 of flowers. 



109. Thrift, Sea-daisy, Statice maritima, Thrift family. A 

 common plant of grassy slopes and clefts of rocks near the sea : 

 the woody stock gives rise to a tuft of grass-like but rather 

 fleshy leaves, and to one or more flower-stalks : the flower-stalk 



