112 WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION 



Lily Family. Scape. six to nine inches high ; 

 one-flowered. Leaves. Two ; oblong-lance- 

 shaped; pale green mottled with purple and 

 white. Flowers. Rather large; pale yellow 

 marked with purple; nodding. Perianth. 

 Of six recurved or spreading sepals. 

 Stamens. Six. Pistil. One." 



Not all plants are easy to identify but a few 

 references to the illustrated Glossary (pp. 155 

 to 168) and a careful examination of each plant 

 will soon make you familiar with the various 

 floral organs. When you have mastered these 

 the Flora will become helpful instead of con- 

 fusing. 



Have you ever thought that methods of 

 growth and arrangement might be better de- 

 scribed in English % Try it, and see what long 

 cumbersome descriptions are the result. The 

 same things may be stated very quickly by the 

 use of a few technical terms, and you will soon 

 be familiar with the commonest of these. 



EXAMPLE OF PLANT DESCRIPTION 



The following description of the Ox-Eye 

 Daisy, Plate VI, taken from Britton and 



