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abundant bloom in the green grass. This plant, in its 
tender state, is gathered for greens and is brought to 
market under the name of Cowslip. It is a plant well re- 
membered in our juvenile days as being one of the most 
conspicuous May-day flowers, and for wet feet, caused in 
gathering it. It is also a native of England, and the 
north of Europe, where it makes the same brilliant ap- 
pearance in their meadows as it does in our own. The 
flower buds, gathered before they expand, are said to be 
a good substitute for capers, and their juice, boiled with 
alum, stains paper yellow. In Lapland it is the first 
flower that announces the approach of spring, although 
it does not appear there till the end of May. There is a 
double variety which is quite ornamental, and succeeds 
very well in garden soil, if not very dry. It flowers 
most of the season, and is more dwarfish than the wild 
single variety. The flowers are very full double, and 
have some resemblance to the Trollius. It is propa- 
gated by parting the roots; it likes the shade, and if in a 
wet place, so much the better, for its natural place of 
growth is— 
—‘ Not the sunny plain, 
But where the grass is green with shady trees, 
And brooks stand ready for the kine to quaff.” 
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CALYSTEGIA.—Bractep BrnpwEED. 
[From the Greek for caly# and to cover in reference to the bracts which en- 
close the calyx.] : 
Calystégia sépium.—Hedge or Large Bindweed.—A 
native species which climbs over fences and bushes in 
low grounds. Stem twining, a little angular, smooth; 
leaves large, arrow-shaped; the upper ones with the 
lobes mostly cut off. Flowers large, white or rose color, 
blooming in June and July. A beautiful perennial, which, 
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