158 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



Tall Meadow-Hue, The beautiful tall meadow-rue be- 

 Thaiictrum Cornuti. gj^g ^q g^o^, j^g plunies of feathery 



white flowers in early summer when the yellow field 

 lily is in full bloom. I call to 

 mind a lovely spot on the mead- 

 ows of Campton, IST. H., 

 where the graceful lilies 

 hang their score of golden 

 bells against a shady 

 background of low 

 birch which is lighted 

 up here and there by 

 the soft, white bloom 

 of the tall mead- 

 ow-rue; such a 

 picture one can 

 not forget ; and the 

 sleepy heat of a July 

 day, the hum of insects, the 

 buzz of a lazy bumblebee, 

 and the rustling of tall grass 

 disturbed by the flight of a 

 ground sparrow — these are 

 all the living parts of a pic- 

 ture in which the meadow-rue's tall and graceful 

 figure stands supreme. The ornamental blue-green 

 leaves are well worth close study, as they are charm- 



Tall Meartow- 

 Rne. 



