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metrical and beautiful, somewhat wedge-shaped, and 

 in three divisions. The wiry, yellow roots make 

 identification perfectly easy. 



Shepherd's-Purse. ^he shepherd's-furse is, as Gray says, 



Capsdia the Commonest kind of a weed, yet I 



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rambles through the "White Hills it was not found ! 

 Never having instigated a search for the insignificant 

 weed, possibly it would take but a little while to secure 

 a specimen ; but what I say remains true in reference 

 to certain localities in the New Hampshire hills — the 

 weed is not common there! I remember as a boy 

 that at Hastings-on-the-Hudson it grew everywhere, 

 and we used to call it peppergrass because it had a 

 stingy taste. The small white flowers hardly deserve 

 attention, but the seed pod is interesting on account 

 of the triangular, pouch-shape which gave rise to the 

 common name. This weed blooms all summer. Our 

 beautiful garden candytuft is its rich relation — that is, 

 the riches lie in the flowers, and not in the " purse " ; 

 but the similarity of the seed pods of these two plants 

 is apparent at a glance. 



WUd Mustard. '^^^ "^'^^^ mustard, generally called 

 Brassioa {or black mustard, with small, pale, pure 



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■^ " yellow nowers, is a familiar object in 

 nearly all the fields of Campton. It is quite common, 

 and its straggling, spreading stems are in bloom all 



