WOOD, BUSH, AND FOREST PLANTS. 31 



of other common English plants, abound 

 there. 



Cultivated ground plants are those which 

 appear in spots in which other plants are cul- 

 tivated, though not artificially sown there. 

 Such are the numerous weeds of our corn- 

 fields, such as the red poppy, (Papaver rhceas, 

 P. dubium, etc.,) the blue bottle, (Centaurea 

 cyanus,) the charlock, (Sinapis arvensis,) and 

 many others. 



Field, meadow, and pasture plants need but 

 little enumeration. The situations which their 

 name indicates are so familiar to every eye 

 used to country scenery, that all must be ac- 

 quainted with those most common in our native 

 land, while those of foreign climes need but 

 little notice at present. Grasses form the prin- 

 cipal portion of these plants, and the speedwells, 

 (Veronica,) the field forget-me-not, (Myosotis 

 arvensis^) the white and red clovers, the butter- 

 cups, (Ranunculus,) the field gentian, (Gentiana 

 campestris,) and many others, adorn our fields 

 and pastures. 



i Wood, lush, and forest plants are also pretty 

 well indicated by their name. There are many 

 beautiful plants of this kind in our country, one 

 of the most striking of which is the bush-vetch, 

 (Vicia sylvatica,) which is the most elegant 

 climber of our woods and forests, though it is 

 but rarely met with. Linnrna borealis, a creep- 

 ing plant, of humble size and growth, with 

 pretty little pinkish . flowers, grows in our 

 northern fir-woods, and is the plant selected4o 



