WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



in fields and along roadsides and often along the edge 

 of woodlands, from Nova Scotia to the Northwest 

 Territory, and south to Virginia, Kentucky, and 

 Missouri, from May to November. 



PEARLY, LARGE-FLOWERED OR LIFE EVER- 

 LASTING. SILVER-LEAF. MOONSHINE. COT- 

 TON-WEED. NONE-SO-PRETTY 



Anapbalis margaritacea. Thisde Family. 



This is the prettiest of our Everlastings. It is much 

 used for making memorial wreaths, and for decorating 

 vases or catch-alls on the mantelpieces in country 

 houses. The little flowers have been likened to the 

 forms of miniature Roses or Water Lilies. Before they 

 open, they really have a round, pearly look. They 

 also have a slight odour. The erect, round, cottony 

 stem grows from one to three feet high and is leafy up 

 to the spreading, flowering top. The toothless leaves 

 are very long and narrow with a noticeable midrib. 

 They are narrowed to the clasping base, and circle the 

 stalk alternatingly. They are grayish green above 

 and woolly beneath. The little flower heads are formed 

 of many dry, pearly white, overlapping scales enclosing 

 a tuft of numerous fuzzy, yellow tubular florets, and are 

 borne in small groups that are gathered in a terminal, 

 slightly rounded or flat-topped cluster. When fully 

 expanded and matured, the centres become brownish. 

 The flowers are both staminate and pistillate, and grow 

 on different plants. They have been used in domestic 

 practice as a cough medicine, and also as an application 



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