SOME PRAIRIE FLOWERS IOI 
less plant and easily killed, and it 
should not be called Scotch thistle nor 
bull thistle nor Canada thistle, for 
those are very different species and 
are not native of the prairies but 
have been introduced as weeds. 
48. Lead Plant: Shoe-strings. — A 
plant of the Pea family growing from 
one to three feet high, densely covered] | 
with white hairs, and bearing bright, a / 
blue-violet flowers in large clus- oe 
Lrap PLANT 
heads, and by the strong, resinous 
odor. The plant is quite bushy in 
form and from one to two feet high. 
Often occurs as a weed in pastures. 
Late SUMMER AND AUTUMN 
Among our wild autumn flowers 
yellow predominates, though white 
and blue are also common. Most of 
tered spikes. CaNnaDA THISTLE AND 
The compound Wavy-LEAVED THISTLE 
leaves have an unusually large number 
of leaflets (21-49). The silvery foliage 
and showy flowers make it a valuable 
plant for the shrubbery border of the 
lawn, especially in dry places. 
49. Gum-plant: Rosinweed.— Has 
yellow composite flowers and is easily 
recognized by the gummy substance 
that covers the 
these flowers are composites, andmore Gum Prant or Restn PLANT 
