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energy ! — a sin- 

 gle spike of the 

 fussy, insignifi- 

 cant flowers is 

 transformed into 

 the semblance of 

 a peach tree in 

 full bloom ; but 

 there is a family 

 likeness here, for 

 both hardback 

 and peach belong 

 to the Rose fam- 

 ily. Thus does 

 the commonplace 

 flower which we 

 have passed with 

 indiiference all summer long 

 become interesting. 



The jewel-weed 

 Jewel-weed, or 



Touch-me-not. is common every- 



/mpatiens pallida, where ; it may 



Jvipatieiis fiilea. , « . , . _ 



be round beside 

 the horse trough, or overhanging the spring, or in 

 some shady dell where a tiny sti-eam flows sluggishly 

 along through the soft ground. The weed frequent- 

 ly has some bedstraw clinging to it, and it is always 



Jewel-Weed, 



