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more or less unequal, but not enough so to make the 

 flowers look deformed ; on the margin of the cluster 

 they are ]a)-ge and more perfect. There is a certain 

 intricacy in the details of the plant 

 which makes one think it looks fussy; 

 but this idea is relinquished as soon as 

 it is examined under the glass, and we 

 are impressed with the fact that ISTa- 

 ture's handiwork, when it comes to 

 little things, is simply exquisite. The 

 wild carrot was brought to this country 

 from Europe, and is common in New 

 York State and in many localities down 

 East ; but I have found very few speci- 

 mens in New Hampshire. It flowers 

 in midsummer, and its general resem- 

 blance to caraway at once points to the 

 fact that the two plants are closely re- 

 lated. 



Mullein. The mullein, whose 



Veriascum Tha-pms. rugged perpendicular 

 \^ stalk is seen rising from its stony set- 

 ting in a hillside pasture, is a familiar 

 object with every one, North and South. 

 Here, again, is another native of the 

 Old World. It is a strange circumstance that many 

 of our most familiar summer wild flowers are not 



