THE RED RATTLE 



PEDICULARIS PALUSTRIS 



THE Red Rattle is taking to bad ways ; 

 it has not gone far upon the evil path, 

 but its trend is in that direction, for it is a 

 pilferer, a petty thief who takes just a little here 



a, 



u, sepals. S, petals, c, stamens, d, stigma, style, ovary, a, e, fruit in 



calyx, e, fruit. 



and just a little there. It does not perhaps do any 



material injury to the victim of its depredations ; 



the little it takes is probably not even missed, but 



the injury is rather to itself, for though for the time 



being it supplies its needs at relatively little cost, 



it has yet given up its birthright of complete 



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