PINK WILD FLOWERS 
branching perennial, and grows from one to four feet 
high from a horizontal rootstock. The smooth stalk 
is usually stained on one side with red. The short- 
stemmed, toothless, oval leaves are round-pointed 
at either end, and are arranged in opposite pairs. 
They are smooth above, and paler and somewhat 
hairy beneath. The small, fragrant, bell-shaped 
flowers have five spreading, recurved lobes united in a 
tube. They are delicate pink in colour, with veinings 
of a deeper shade. The five yellowish stamens are 
united about the stigma. The nodding flowers all 
open at one time, and are borne in small, loose 
clusters on the ends of the branches. The slender, 
twin seed pods are four inches in length. During 
July great numbers of our most iridescent beetles 
are attracted to the foliage of the Dogbane, and when 
thus found, they furnish a sure means for identifying 
this plant. This species was considered at one time 
to be poisonous to dogs. It is common during June 
and July, along roadsides and in fields and thickets 
from Georgia, Nebraska, and Arizona, far north into 
Canada. Bitter-root is the state flower of Montana, 
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THE MILKWEEDS. 
SILVERWEED. SWALLOW-WORT 
Asclepiadaceae. Milkweed Family. 
Our common Milkweeds have a certain strain of 
beauty and elegance peculiar to themselves. They 
may be readily distinguished by several conspicuous 
characteristics which are not likely to be confused 
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