HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



somewli.it heart-shaped, with thick petioles. July to Septem- 

 ber. 



Wry pretty, conspicuous flowers, which it is a pleasure to 

 find. Scapes i to 2 feet high. Flower 1 to 2 inches broad. 

 New England to Florida and westward. In swamps or wet 

 grounds. 



Goat's Beard 



Aruncus Sylvester. — Family, Rose. Sepals and petals, 5, the 

 latter small, white. Stamens and pistils in different flowers which 

 arc sessile, in open panicles on long, slender, spike-like branches. 

 Leaves, thrice-pinnate. Leaflets, thin, long, sharply toothed, 6 

 to 14 in number. June. 



Tall plants, 3 to 7 feet. Perennial herbs. Rich soil, in 

 moist woods. 



Bowman's Root. Indian Physic 



Gillenia trifoliata. — Family, Rose. Color, pale pink or white. 

 Calyx, a long, narrow tube with 5 erect teeth. Corolla, of 5 un- 

 equal, slender petals springing from within the calyx tube. 

 Stamens, many. Pistils, 5, making 5 pods, each 2 to 4-seeded. 

 Flowers, in loose panicles. Leaves of 3 thin, pointed, toothed 

 leaflets, serrate, or deeply cut, ovate to oblong, sessile, with 

 stipules. Spring. 



Perennial herbs found in deep, cool, moist woods, New 

 York to Georgia and westward. 



Wild Strawberry 



Fra.ga.ria. <virginikna. — Family, Rose. Calyx, 5-cleft with a 

 narrow bract between each 2 divisions. Petals, 5, roundish. 

 Leaves, from the root, on long, hairy petioles, with 3 serrate leaf- 

 lets. Runners grow from the rhizome (subterranean stem). 



The fruit of the strawberry is an enlarged and juicy re- 

 ceptacle, with the achenes buried in depressions on the out- 

 side. 



Duchesnea indica is a yellow-flowered strawberry. It has es- 

 caped from cultivation, and has a tasteless fruit ; found southward. 



The wild strawberry is a pleasant find in one's spring 

 walks. The blossoms are delicate, the leaves pretty. The 

 scarlet, fragrant fruit, even if small, peering from among grass 

 and leaves, has an aroma, a delicious wild flavor that the 

 large, juicy, cultivated berry cannot afford. 



Sometimes in the New York groceries tiny cornucopias 



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