WILD FLOWERS white and greenish 



four or more pistils. The flowers have from three to 

 five petal-like sepals. The leaf and flower stems are 

 thin and delicate, and contribute to the plant's 

 daintiness. 



The Purplish Meadow Rue, T. revolutum, flourishes 

 between the Early and the Tall species. It grows 

 from one to seven feet high in dry, rocky wood- 

 lands, and along river banks from Nova Scotia 

 to Florida, and westward to Arizona, during 

 June, July and August. The stem is often stained 

 with purple, and the rather large, thick, dark green 

 leaves are waxy beneath, have three notches and 

 are more or less hairy to the touch. The flowers are 

 tinged with purple. The plant emits a heavy odour. 



TALL MEADOW RUE 



Thalictrum polygamum. Crowfoot Family. 



During midsummer when swampy, open woods and 

 low, wet meadows are overrun with the rank luxuriant 

 growth of vegetation peculiar to such localities, the 

 Tall Meadow Rue will be found in all its glory, tower- 

 ing head and shoulders triumphantly above the tangled, 

 struggling mass. And above them all, it will continue 

 to hold its proud head, whether its ambitious com- 

 panions grow three feet or a dozen feet high. What a 

 noble lesson it teaches discontented mortals to make 

 the best of surrounding conditions, and to be ever on the 

 alert to keep just ahead of every competitor, regardless 

 of his pace. If this were not the case with the Meadow 

 Rue, it would soon become lost in the struggle, and 



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