162 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



passer-bj. The dogbane blooms 

 in early summer, and it is often 

 found in the company of the 

 milkweed. 



Common Milkwooi. Tlie com- 

 Asdepias Oornnti. niou milk- 

 weed needs no introdac 

 tion ; its pretty pods of 

 white silk are familiar to 

 every child, who treas- 

 ures them until the time 

 comes when the place 

 in which they nre 

 stowed away ^i;\\4 ',,,// 

 }S one mass ?\«\,^8 ; /^V-'' 



Millcweerl Down. 



of bewil- 

 dering, un- 

 manageable 

 white fluflf. Then 

 there are vague 

 talks about stuff- 

 ing pillows and all 

 that sort of thing ; 

 but the first attempt 

 to manipulate the law- 

 less, airy down usually 

 results in disastrous 

 confusion, and wholfr 



