NATIVE WILD FLOWEKS 



nine soft grayish silky leaflets set round the central axis 

 of the stalk in a horizontal circle. The whole plant is soft 

 and velvety in appearance. The pods are long and some- 

 what broad. The seeds are ivory white when fully ripe, and 

 are the food of squirrels, partridges, field-mice and other 

 wild denizens of the wilderness. The Lupine can be readily 

 grown from seed, and blooms well in our garden plots, 

 abiding with us year after year. The ivory white seeds are 

 often introduced into those pretty, fanciful wreaths fre- 

 quently exhibited at our township shows, and known as the 

 " Farmer's Wreath," being composed of different varieties 

 of grain and seeds arranged so as to form flowers, leaves, 

 fruits, etc. 



Before the plain-lands above Rice Lake were enclosed and 

 cultivated, the extensive grassy flats were brilliant with the 

 azure hues of the Lupine in the months of June and July; 

 but the progress of civilization swept these fair ornaments 

 from the soil. What the lover of the country loses of the 

 beautiful is gained by the farmer in the increase of the 

 useful, and so it must be; but nevertheless we mourn for 

 the beautiful things which gladdened our eyes. 



" Oh, wail for the forest, its glories are o'er." 



TWINFLOWER Linncea borealis (Gronov.). 



" Nestled at its roots is beauty 

 Such as blooms not in the glare 

 Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower 

 With scented breath, and look so like a smile, 

 Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, 

 An emanation from the indwelling life." 



Bryant. 



" And there Linnsea weaves her rosy wreath." 



This delicate and graceful little evergreen is widely 

 diffused through most of the northern countries of Europe 

 and America. It is found within the limits of the Arctic 



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