RED WILD FLOWERS 
south to Florida and Texas from April to July. During 
my early school days, when 
“Read-in’ and ’rit-in’ and ’rith-me-tic 
Taught to the tune of a hick-ry stick.” 
was a serious reality, most every boy and girl knew 
the Columbine better as the “Honeysuckle,” and 
acquired the habit of biting into the ends of the spurs 
and sucking out the sweet nectar. The Columbine 
was first introduced into England to decorate the 
gardens of Hampton Court during the reign of Charles 
I., having been sent from the Virginia Colony by a 
young botanist to Tradescant, gardener and herbalist 
to the King. 
The Blue, or Small-flowered Columbine, A. brevi- 
styla, is a much smaller species, bluish or sometimes 
creamy white in colour, with shorter, incurving spurs. 
The stamens and pistils rarely protrude, and the 
flower is more compact. It is found throughout the 
Northwest Territory to South Dakota. 
PITCHER=PLANT. HUNTSMAN’S CUP. 
INDIAN CUP 
Sarracenia purpitrea. Pitcher-plant Family. 
In many respects the Pitcher-plant is one of the 
most interesting and curiosity-exciting of our wild 
flowers. Perhaps you have heard that some plants 
“eat” insects, and here you are face to face with one 
of them. First of all, let us substitute the word absorb 
for the word eat, and we will better understand our 
subject, which neither chews nor swallows. Far- 
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