WILD FLOWERS white and greenish 



The pistils number from four to ten. Botanists find a 

 particular interest in the Tall Meadow Rue because 

 both complete and imperfect flowers occur on different 

 as well as the same plant. A complete or perfect 

 flower, by the way, is one having both stamens (male) 

 and pistils (female) and producing seeds. An incom- 

 plete or imperfect flower lacks either the stamens or the 

 pistils. Flowers bearing stamens only are known 

 as staminate or male flowers, and those bearing 

 pistils only are known as pistillate or female flowers. 

 The Tall Meadow Rue may be found from June 

 to September, from Labrador and Quebec to Florida 

 and westward to Ohio. 



RUE ANEMONE 



Ancmonella thalictroides. Crowfoot Family. 



When one is just forming an acquaintance with the 

 Wood and the Rue Anemones, it frequently happens 

 that the names of the two flowers become confused in 

 the mind, and one finds it bothersome to determine at 

 sight which is which. It is easy, however to memorize 



Wood — one, Rue — two, 

 Wood — one, Rue — two, 



and to fix in the mind that the Wood Anemone has one 

 flower and one root stalk, hence Wood-one; while the 

 Rue Anemone has two or more flowers and two or more 

 root parts, hence, Rue — two. But there is no reason 

 in the wide, wide world to confuse the plants, although 

 they exhibit similar traits, and the foregoing matter is 

 intended merely for the purpose of keeping their names 



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