250 Pink to Red Flowers 



CANADA HELIOTROPE 



Valeriana Scoulcri. Valerian Family 



Stems: stout. Leaves: the basal on long petioles, oblong, three- 

 lobed, tapering to both ends, the lateral lanceolate ; stem leaves two to 

 four pairs, pinnately parted in five to seven segments, lanceolate, acute, 

 entire or undulate. Flowers: corolla long, funnel-form, stamens and 

 style exserted. 



A smooth plant with oblong three-lobed basal leaves 

 growing on long stalks, the centre lobe being very much the 

 largest of the three. The stem leaves are pinnately parted, 

 narrow and pointed, and have entire or rarely undulated 

 margins, while the pink flowers grow in a flat cymose pani- 

 cle and have a funnel-form corolla. The roots have a most 

 disagreeable and very strong odour. 



ROUGH FLEABANE 



Erigeron glabellus. Composite Family 



Perennial by a woody root. Stems: simple or branched above, some- 

 times hirsute. Leaves: pubescent, entire, the basal ones spatulate; 

 stem-leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Flowers: heads sev- 

 eral or solitary, involucre hemispheric, hirsute; rays very narrow, 

 about one hundred or more. 



This charming Fleabane grows in dry soil and bears flow- 

 ers of many hues, pink, mauve, cream, and white. It has 

 long narrow leaves, w r hich, together with the stalks, are 

 hairy. 



PINK EVERLASTING 



Antcnnaria rosca. Composite Family 



Floccose-woolly, surculose, forming broad patches. Leaves: basal 

 ones spatulate or obovate, white-canescent on both sides; stem-leaves 

 linear, sessile. Flowers; heads in a terminal capitate or corymbose 

 cluster, 



