16i l.''AWILIAll FLOWERS OP FIELD AND GARDEN. 



Milkweed. 



hroion, SO we must call it brown, with modifications 

 wliicli fit tlie case. My modification, then, would be 

 pale lavender brown, with a few touches of pale- 

 brown lavender. For the in- 

 dorsement of my statement I 

 must refer to the microscope ; 

 under it the colors will show 

 themselves definitely, and the 

 flower will also prove to be 

 exquisitely formed. The milk- 

 weed is in blossom during the 

 early part of the summer ; its 

 heavy perfume is cloying-; in other words, it is alto- 

 gether too sweet. 



Butterfly Weed. ^'l'^ butterfly weed is a variety of 

 Asciepias tuherosa. milkweed wliich is very common 

 through New England, particularly in the vicinity 

 of Cape Cod. It grows in dry sandy places, blooms 

 in midsummer, and stains the pas- 

 tures with a brilliant orange-color, 

 which, I should think, would set a 

 colorist of the impressionist school 

 quite wild. The shape of the flow- 

 ers is almost exactly like that of the 

 common milkweed ; but, unlike the latter plant, the 

 stems and stalks when broken do not exude a plenti- 

 ful supply of sticky " milk." I have drawn the seed 



Floating Seed of But- 

 terfly Weed. 



