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other parts of the corolla have a leaning towards piety and 

 staying at home. So each faction goes its separate way. The 

 blossom, in consequence, is very much out of proportion. We 

 readily forgive it this fault, however, on account of its lovely 

 colour and the courage each one of its parts has shown in re- 

 maining true to its convictions. 



JAMESTOWN=WEED. THORN APPLE. 



Datura Stra^nbniuin. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Nightshade. White streaked Unpleasant. General east May-September, 



with purple. of loiva. 



Flowers : large ; growing on short flower-stalks in the forks of the branched 

 stems. Calyx: five-toothed. Corolla: three inches long; tubular; funneb 

 form, the divisions sharply pointed. Staviens : five. Pistil : one. Leaves : 

 large; flaccid; ovate; and deeply toothed. Stem: two to five feet high; 

 stout; branching; smooth; greenish purple. 



The odour of this plant has earned for it among the country 

 people a name not at all euphonious and which is not repeated 

 here out of respect to our fin de siecle civilisation. 



JD. Tatula is the purplish-flowered species which is otherwise 

 nearly identical with the above. Its range is rather more 

 extended in the west and south. Both of the jimson weeds, as 

 they are called, have been introduced into this country from 

 South America and Europe and are among the number that we 

 would prefer to have had remain where they rightfully belong. 

 Outside of spreading themselves over unsightly piles of way- 

 side garbage, their usefulness as a stimulant in medicine is no^ 

 so great but that it could be readily dispensed with. 



They are besides possessed of a narcotic poison, especially 

 the purple variety, which is found in the seeds. Children 

 have been badly poisoned by sucking the flowers. 



COMMON DODDER. LOVE VINE. 



Cusciita Gronbvii. 



Flowers: small; growing in clusters. Calyx: five-cleft. Corolla: tubular; 

 five-lobed. Stamens: five. Pistil: one; styles, two. Leaves: none, their 



