THE SPIDER-WORT. 



Tr/iuH'tuilui i'i>yifilr<f. 



T lias many limes occurred to us, 

 and perhaps to others, that this 

 plant is unworthy of the name 

 it bears. When we rellect upon 

 the matter, however, \ve have 

 to endure the Cimvietion that 

 we have gravely erred; and we 

 feel bound to invite those who 

 have shared with us the doubt 

 to share the conviction also. 

 The general tone of the common 

 spider-wort is admirably repre- 

 sented in the accompanying 

 ligure, which presents a sonie- 

 \vhat weedy plant possessed of 

 exquisite beauty of form aud 

 colour. If you object to the 

 word " weedy " you may, if jou 

 please, say rustic or a-sthetic ; 

 still we shall be inclined to call 

 the s])lder-wort weedy, and the place we assign it is the 

 mixed border, where large tufts of some half-dozen varieties 

 have for many years past delighted us all the summer 

 long. If you should think that a " weedy" plant cannot 

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