Plants Growing in Waste Soil : Roadside 

 Banks and Lanes. 



What charm has the road when beside it we wander 



And gaze at its banks gaily clothed, 

 Where dwell the proud aster s^ tJie legion of sparrows 



A nd myriads of rods waving gold. 

 There the little birds sing and the merry bees hum, 



A naughty snake glides sloivly by, 

 In waves clear or misty hang sunshine and shadow. 



While above is the deep, blue sky. 



WINTER CRESS. YELLOW ROCKET. 



Barbarea Barbarea. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Mustard. Yelloiv. Scentless. General. April-September. 



Flowers : small ; growing in racemes. Calyx : of four sepals that fall early. 

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

 than the others. Pistil : one. Pods : linear, branch-like. Leaves: those at 

 the base, lyre-shaped ; those of the stem, ovate ; pinnately-divided ; incised. 

 Stem : erect ; smooth. 



The leaves of the herb of St. Barbara, as this little plant is 

 also called, are used as a salad by many country people. One 

 must have, however, the taste engendered by being brought 

 up on the soil to truly appreciate them as a delicacy. 



