236 PLANTS GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. 



rest. The shrub is very handsome and is generally found in the 

 sandy, dry soil of low grounds about New York and Rhode 

 Island. It is a connection of the Andromeda of the marshes. 



VERNAL WHITLOW=GRASS. 



Drab a verna. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Mustard. White. Scentless. General. April^ May. 



Flowers : small ; growing in a raceme on a naked scape. Calyx : of four 

 sepals that fall early. Corolla: of four two-cleft petals. Stamens: six, of 

 which two are shorter than the others. Pistil: one. Pod: flat; somewhat 

 lanceolate. Leaves : from the root ; oblong to lanceolate. Scape : one to three 

 inches high. 



This little member of the spicy mustard family makes its 

 home in sandy, waste places. It has been naturalised from 

 Europe. 



PlflPERNEL. POOR=MAN'S, OR SHEPHERD'S 

 WEATHER=GLASS. 



Anagdllis arvensis. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Primrose. Reddish, white^ or blue. Scentless. General. June-August. 



Flowers : small ; solitary ; axillary ; growing on slender flower-stalks. 

 Calyx : five-parted. Corolla : wheel-shaped, with five delicately fringed seg- 

 ments. Stamens: five; the filaments bearded with purple. Pistil : one. 

 Leaves: short; opposite; ovate; almost sessile ; darkly spotted. Stem: low; 

 spreading on the ground. 



The wish to be of some assistance to the poor man and the 

 shepherd is characteristic of this dear little flower. It spreads 

 itself out abundantly over the sandy, waste fields where they 

 often pass by, and warns them of the approaching storms by 

 closing its petals. At night also and when the day is cloudy it 

 folds them together. The fact that it does so with the choice 

 of a sandy soil for its habitat shows how consistent the plant 

 is in its aversion to moisture. 



A. Stdus, St. Peter's-wort, is general in the sandy soil and es- 

 pecially the pine barrens of New Jersey and Long Island. Its 

 petals are longer than the sepals and obovate in outline. 



