CHAPTER XIV 



WET MEADOWS, AND THICKETS. LOW, RICH GROUNDS 



Bordering the marshes and streams are the wet meadows, which 

 glow with rich and varied plant life. Tall grasses and rushes 

 wave among the yellow lilies, grass of Parnassus, and meadow- 

 rue. Nestling deep down, half hidden in moss and cress, are the 

 dainty marsh harebell and sweet white violet. Here we shall cull 

 a choice bouquet. We still need our rubbers over tall shoes. 

 The latter I always wear in walking, as a protection from possible 

 snake bites. The former I suspend in a bag from my belt, in 

 order to have them " handy." The wet meadow and swamp over- 

 lap each other, and some flowers may be grouped in this chapter 

 which also grow in the marshes. 



Blazing Star. Devil's Bit (Chamaelirium luteum). Page 44. 

 Bunch-flower (Melanthhim virginicum) . Page 22. 

 Crisped Bunch-flower (M. latifolium). Page 46. 

 Wild Garlic (Allium canadense). Page 46. 

 Field Garlic (.4. vineale). Page 23. 

 Turk's-cap Lily (Lilium superbum). Page 152. 

 Wild Yellow Lily (L. canadense). Page 154. 

 Yellow Adder's-tongue (Erythronium americanum). Page 154. 

 White Dog's-tooth Violet (E. albidum). Page 46. 

 False Spikenard (Smilacina racemosa). Page 47. 

 False Solomon's Seal (5. stellata). Page 47. 

 Green Brier. Horse Brier (Smilax rotundifolia) . Page 376. 

 Bristly Green Brier (5. bona-nox). Page 377. 

 (S. hispida) . Page 376. 



Wild Yam-root {Dioscorea villosa). Page 425. 

 Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta). Page 157. 

 Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angusti folium). Page 302. 

 (S. gramineum). Page 302. 



Ragged Fringed Orchis (Habenaria lacera). Page 24. 

 Large Purple-fringed Orchis (H. fimbriata). Page 303. 

 Tear-thumb (Polygonum uirginianum). Page 27. 

 Halberd-leaved Tear-thumb (P. arifolhim). Page 58. 

 Arrow-leaved Tear-thumb (P. sagittatum) . Page 58. 



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