WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



is much used for pies and preserves. The Night-shade 

 is extremely variable, and ranges from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific, and from Nova Scotia to the North- 

 west Territory and south to the Gulf States. It is 

 also a widely distributed and common plant in nearly 

 all countries. 



JAMESTOWN, OR JIMSON-WEED. DEVIL'S 

 TRUMPET. STRAMONIUM 



Datura Stramonium. Potato Family. 



The well-known, rank-odoured, showy-flowered 

 Jimson-weed's chief occupation seems to be in hiding 

 the unsightly scars created by ruthless man, in the 

 shape of refuse piles, public dumps, and neglected 

 barnyards. The dried leaves are smoked in a pipe 

 by people seeking relief from asthma. The fruit is 

 poisonous, and the flowers have been known to pro- 

 duce serious results when held in the mouth. This 

 plant is a stout, smooth, bushy annual with a coarse 

 green stem, growing from one to five feet high. The 

 large, thin, smooth leaves are pointed-oval in outline 

 with an irregular, wavy, toothed margin. They have 

 a veined surface, and are long stemmed. The large, 

 showy, Morning-glory-like white flowers, which 

 open late in the afternoon, have a heavy odour, and 

 grow erect and solitary from the forks of the branches. 

 The large, tubular calyx is five toothed and angular. 

 The five-pointed, funnel-formed corolla has a deep 

 throat and contains five stamens and a pistil. The 

 Indians call this species the " White Man's Plant." 



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