parsley JTamili^. 



Wild Carrot. Daucus Carota. 



Queen Ann's Lace. 



Very common by the wayside and in dry fields, blossoming from 

 July through September. 



The round stalk, from 2 to 3 feet high, coarse in fibre, and 

 roughened by short hairs, is light yellow-gj'een in color. 



The leaf has a very fringy effect, being much cut up into long 

 narrow lobes ; the surface is roughened ; and the shoi't foot-stem 

 widens into a leafy, clasping sheath. The yellowish-green, alternate 

 leaves are few, and far between. 



The petal-like parts of the small clustered flowers are unequal in 

 size and number, — three or four of the outer flowers in each cluster are 

 larger than the rest ; the color is white, with tiny yellow-tipped stamens. 

 The flowers have pale green foot-stems, and grow in flat-topped clusters, 

 each cluster being set around at the foot with a green leafy fringe. In 

 the center of the cluster is often found a single dark purple flower. 



Though the growth is sprangly, and the stem coarse, yet the flower 

 is delicate with a lace-like quality. The seed-stems, curling inward, 

 form a hollow, nest-like cup, from which characteristic it is often called 

 the " Bird's-nest plant." It is deemed a great pest by farmers. 



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