186 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 



HAIRY ROCK-CRESS. 



Arabis hirsitta. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Mustard. White tinted with green. Scentless. Mostly northward. May, June. 



Flowers: small; clustered. Calyx: of four sepals that fall early. Corolla: 

 of four cruciferous petals. Stamens: six, two of which are shorter than the 

 others. Pistil; one. Leaves: numerous; saggitate. Stem: quite tall; 

 erect ; rough. Pods : linear. 



Another little flower that is readily recognised as one of the 

 mustards. It is not as luxurious in its taste as the preceding 

 species and is content with the less rich soil of rocky places 

 and hillsides. 



BLOOD-ROOT. INDIAN PLANT. (Plate XC VII) 



Sanguinaria Canadensis. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Poppy. White with yellow centre. Scentless. General. April, May. 



Flowers: terminal; solitary; growing on a naked scape. Calyx: of two 

 sepals. Corolla: of eight to twelve petals. Stamens: numerous. Pistil ; 

 one. Fruit: an oblong pod. Leaf: one only, from the base; rounded; 

 palmately-lobed ; veined. Root stock : fleshy and, as the stalks, containing a 

 blood-red juice. 



The blossom of the blood-root is one of the most carefully 

 guarded of Nature's children. Its sweet loveliness is not thrust 

 ruthlessly upon the world to make its way the best it can. 

 The leaf is carefully wrapped about the flower bud, and not 

 until the former is assured of the temperature and the fitness 

 of the surroundings, does it unfold and allow the scape to 

 stretch upward bearing the beautiful flower. And how fair it is 

 only those can know that have seen it unfold its pure, spotless 

 petals. Indeed, it is too fragile for the rocky hillsides. The 

 winds carry off its petals and those that seek it often sigh to find 

 it has already perished. 



It seems strangely incongruous that the fluid of this plant 

 with its unusually pure blossom should have been used so ex- 

 tensively by the Indians to decorate their faces. 



