AUGUST WILD FLOWERS. 29 



These Gentians must be seen where they 

 grow, to win the admiration their beauty de- 

 serves. The Pitcher P'ant and many of our 



i wild flowers which are sold in the market, 

 are poor, dried, withered specimens compared 



t- with the same as seen growing in their own 

 localities. 



i The flowers which especially characterize 



I the Flora of this part of North America are 



f now in full bloom. The Yellow Solidagos or 

 Golden rod, may be seen on Mountain Hill 

 and every hedge row and way side. 



f: The Michaelmas Daisy with its blue, white, 

 and tinted flowers crowds every vacant place ; 

 these look very beautiful in the fields, but 

 they baftle every effort to group them into an 

 elegant bouquet ; they are loose and untidy, 

 and yet they are very beautiful as they grow. 



[ We have many varieties both of Golden Rod 



. and Michaelmas Daisy. 



1 The Spiranthes or Ladies' Tresses, is a very 



\ sweet scented Orchis, with white flowers 

 placed as a spiral round the flower stalk ; I 

 have found them near New Liverpool (Et- 

 chemin) and the outskirts of the Gomin Wood, 

 but this is one of those plants which is apt to 

 change its habit from year to year. 



The Purple Eupatorium is a coarse strong 

 growing plant, two or three feet high, in low 

 wet grounds ; its composite flowers form large 



