WHITE AND GREENISH WILD. FLOWERS 
stemmed, heart-shaped leaf is toothless, thick-textured 
and blunt-pointed. It is often partly curled inward 
like a scoop and is found in blossom from June to 
September. This genus has been named from the 
Greek Mount Parnassus, and the plant was called 
Grass of Parnassus by Dioscorides. Six or seven 
species are found in this country. 
WILLOW-LEAVED, OR AMERICAN MEADOW= 
SWEET. QUEEN OF THE MEADOW. 
QUAKER LADY 
Spiraéa salicifolia. Rose Family. 
The large, fleecy pyramids of delicate, pink-tinted 
white flowers of this pretty maid-of-the-mist enlighten 
the rank growths peculiar to low, moist situations, 
from June to August. Its smooth, tough, leafy, 
yellowish brown stalk grows from two to four feet high 
and is often branching at the top. The closely set 
alternating leaves are oval or oblong, with pointed 
tips and finely toothed margins. They are rather 
firm-textured, nearly smooth, and _ short-stemmed. 
The dainty little flowers have five slightly curved and 
rounding petals and many rosy stamens, which pro- 
ject and lend a feathery appearance. They are 
densely clustered on terminal spires. These blossoms 
have a slight odour but they are not at all fragrant, 
and in this respect the name of Meadow-sweet is mis- 
leading, although it does apply to the simple attractive- 
ness of the plant. This species is found from Newfound- 
land to the Rocky Mountains, and south to Georgia 
and Missouri; also in Europe and Asia. Spiraea, 
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