3 o8 PLANTS GROWING IN WASTE SOIL. 



Pistils: several. Leaves: five-lobed ; the divisions again divided or cleft. 

 Stem : one and a half feet high ; hairy. 



This lovely flower that has come to us from Europe and es- 

 caped from the gardens to the roadsides is a relative of the 

 hollyhock. It is mostly in the evening that it emits a faint 

 musk-like perfume. 



WHITE ALDER. SWEET PEPPERBUSH. (Plate CLIX.) 

 Clethra alni folia. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



White alder. White. Fragrant, Neiv England southward. j ...y, August. 



Flowers: growing in upright clustered racemes. Calyx: <>f five sepals. 

 Corolla: of five long, narrow petals. Stamens: ten ; protruding. /'/.*///: one. 

 Leaves: alternate; ovate ; veined; toothed. A handsome shrulj three to ten 

 feet high ; upright; leafy. 



One of the joys of the late season is the bursting into bloom 

 of the clethra. Its delicate blossoms and the intense fragrance 

 that it sheds about recall again the early spring days of timid 

 flowers and soft green leaves which have later become sadly 

 overheated or dusty beyond recognition. It seeks its home in 

 shady lanes along the coast, where the air is moist, and which is 

 undoubtedly the reason of its freshness so late in the season, and 

 of the vigour of its dark green leaves. It remains in bloom a 

 long time. When bruised the foliage emits a peculiar odour. 



C. acuminata, mountain sweet pepperbush, is found in the 

 mountains of Virginia and Georgia. It is readily known as a 

 near relation of the above species. 



COMHON SPEEDWELL. 



Veronica officinalis. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



J'~igivort. Light blue. Scentless. General. July. 



Flowers : small ; growing in axillary, spike-like racemes. Calyx : four- 

 parted. Corolla : wheel-shaped ; with four lobes. Stamens : two. Pistil : one. 

 Leaves: opposite; on short petioles; obovate ; toothed; hairy or smooth. 

 Stem : prostrate. 



This dear little speedwell is a variable plant, sometimes 



