WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
The pistils number from four to ten. Botanists find a 
particular interest in the Tall Meadow Rue because 
both complete and imperfect flowers occur on different 
as well as the same plant. A complete or perfect 
flower, by the way, isone having both stamens (male) © 
and pistils (female) and producing seeds. An incom- 
plete or imperfect flower lacks either the stamens or the 
pistils. Flowers bearing stamens only are known 
as staminate or male flowers, and those bearing 
pistils only are known as pistillate or female flowers. 
The Tall Meadow Rue may be found from June 
to September, from Labrador and Quebec to Florida 
and westward to Ohio. 
RUE ANEMONE 
Anemoniélla thalictroides. Crowfoot Family. 
When one is just forming an acquaintance with the 
Wood and the Rue Anemones, it frequently happens 
that the names of the two flowers become confused in 
the mind, and one finds it bothersome to determine at 
sight which is which. It is easy, however to memorize 
Wood — one, Rue — two, 
Wood — one, Rue — two, 
and to fix in the mind that the Wood Anemone has one 
flower and one root stalk, hence Wood-one; while the 
Rue Anemone has two or more flowers and iwo or more 
root parts, hence, Rue— two. But there is no reason 
in the wide, wide world to confuse the plants, although 
they exhibit similar traits, and the foregoing matter is 
intended merely for the purpose of keeping their names 
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