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July Plants. 



Figwort, Serophulavia iwdosa (Fig. 152), often called Rattle- 

 Weed, as the seeds will rattle in the pod, and Carpenter's Square, 

 as it has a square stalk, is an insignificant looking weed, with 



Fig. 152. 



Figwort, 



inconspicuous flowers, that afford abundant nectar from the 

 middle of July till frost. I have received almost as many for 

 identification as I have of the asters and golden-rods. Prof. 

 Beal remarked to me a year or two since, that it hardly seemed 



