1 3 2 Pra iric-Floivcrs. 



Coreopsis, we shall perceive another not unpleasant odor. This yellow- 

 rayed family is well represented, — C. trichospcrma, C. tripferis, C. I'erticillata, 

 and C. palmata, all of which we may find abundant during an afternoon's 

 ramble ; as also Rudbeckia speciosa, and the purple cone-flower {Echinacea 

 purpHrja), very attractive at this time, and singular for its dark-purple show 

 of both disk and rays, the latter very long and pendent. 



The delicate white umbels of the spurge {Euphorbia coroUatd) are inter- 

 mingled with the milkweeds {AscLpias), whose purple heads, and green, 

 mottled, and scarlet umbels, are visible all around, and with the long, 

 spiky racemes of the willow-herb {Epilobium angustifolium), rich in pink- 

 purple bloom, are pretty in grouping, and make a conspicuous feature. 



Cardinal-flowers {Lobelia cardinalis) are very showy at this season ; and 

 the stately lily {Lilium supcrbnm) is noticeable in the meadow, accompanied 

 by the milder blue of the great lobelia {L. syphilitica), growing in thick 

 masses of robust spikes. 



On dryer ground, we find Baptisia leiicantha, a stout denizen of the 

 prairie, with large milk-white flowers hanging in clusters on pendulous 

 racemes. 



On the ponds, the yellow pond-lily {Nnphar advena) is very showy, but 

 coarse in leaf and flower ; and the white water-lily {Nytnphcea odoraia) floats 

 her white and rosy corollas. 



That rampant climber, Clematis Virginica, spreads luxuriantly over 

 clumps of bushes, gracefully draping the green thickets with embowering 

 whiteness ; and a delicate little climber, the traveller's-joy {Adliimia cir- 

 rhosa), clings by tendril leaflets to this uplifting arrow-wood ( Vibitr7ium 

 dentatum), with pretty blushing panicles of drooping blossoms half con- 

 cealed under fairy-foliage. 



We notice also the flowering-nettles and wood-sage, the tufts of hairy 

 water-leaf {Hydrophyllum appendiculatnm), which is somewhat rare, and 

 whose pale-purplish-blue corollas have a pleasing look. 



If we were not talking simply and solely of prairie-flowers, we might 

 here indulge in an episode, and take our readers, this pleasant July morn- 

 ing, lo " The Cedars." This is a place totally unlike any other in all this 

 region. Imagine some wild sombre spot, of two hundred acres or more in 

 extent, in some known locality in Western Massachusetts or Northern New 



