Magenta to Piak 



hairy within ; 4 stamens in pairs inserted near base of tube ; 



I pistil. Stem: Trailing, 6 in. to 2 ft. long ; the branches 



erect. Leaves: Opposite, rounded, petioled, evergreen. 

 Preferred Habitat — Deep, cool, mossy woods. 

 Flowering Season — May — July. 

 Distribution — Northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. In the 



United States southward as far as the mountains of Maryland, 



and the Sierra Nevadas in California. 



With the consent of modest Linnaeus himself, Dr. Gronovius 

 selected this typical woodland blossom to transmit the great 

 master's name to posterity — 



" Monument of the man of flowers.'' 



But small and shy as it is, does Nature's garden contain a love- 

 lier sight than scores of these deliciously fragrant pink bells sway- 

 ing above a carpet of the little evergreen leaves in the dim aisle 

 of some deep, cool, lonely forest ? Trailing over prostrate logs 

 and mossy rocks, racing with the partridge vine among the ferns 

 and dwarf cornels, the plant sends up "twin-born heads" that 

 seem more fair and sweet than the most showy pampered dar- 

 lings of the millionaire's conservatory. Little wonder that Lin- 

 naeus loved these little twin sisters, or that Emerson enshrined 

 them in his verse. 



Contrary to popular impression, this vine, that suggests the 

 dim old forest and exhales the very breath of the spring woods, will 

 consent to run about our rpck gardens, although it seems almost 

 a sacrilege to move it from natural surroundings so impressively 

 beautiful. Unlike the arbutus, which remains ever a wildling, 

 pining slowly to death on close contact with civilization, the 

 twin-flower thrives in light, moist garden soil where the sun peeps 

 for a little while only in the morning. By nodding its head the 

 flower protects its precious contents from rain, the hairs inside 

 exclude small pilferers ; but bees, attracted by the fragrance and 

 color, are guided to the nectary by five dark lines and a patch of 

 orange color near it. 



Joe-Pye Weed; Trumpet Weed; Purple Thor- 

 oughwort; Gravel or Kidney-root; Tall or 

 Purple Boneset 



{Eupatorium purpureum) Thistle family 



Flower-heads — Pale or dull magenta or lavender pink, slightly fra- 

 grant, of tubular florets only, very numerous, m large, terminal, 

 loose, compound clusters, generally elongated. Several 

 series of pink overlapping bracts form the oblong involucre 

 from which the tubular floret and its protruding fringe of 



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