
236 PLANTS GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. 
rest. The shrub is very handsome and is generally found in the 
sandy, dry soil of low grounds about New York and Rhode 
Island, It is a connection of the Andromeda of the marshes. 
VERNAL WHITLOW-GRASS. 
Draba vérna. 
FAMILY COLOUR — ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Mustard, White. Scentless. General. April, May. 
Flowers: small; growing ina raceme on a naked scape. Calyx: of four 
sepals that fall early. Corolla: of four two-cleft petals. Stamens: six, of 
which two are shorter than the others. /y%st//: one. Pod: flat; somewhat 
lanceolate. Leaves: from the root; oblong to lanceolate. Scafe : one to three 
inches high. 
This little member of the spicy mustard family makes its 
home in sandy, waste places. It has been naturalised from 
Europe. 
PITIPERNEL. POOR-MAN’S, OR SHEPHERD’S 
WEATHER-GLASS. 
Anagallts arvénsts, 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Primrose. Reddish, white, or blue. Scentless. General. June-August. 
Flowers: small; solitary; axillary; growing on slender flower-stalks. 
Calyx: five-parted. Coro/ia: wheel-shaped, with five delicately fringed seg- 
ments. Stamens: five; the filaments bearded with purple. /yvs#z/: one. 
Leaves; short; opposite; ovate; almost sessile; darkly spotted. Stem: low ; 
spreading on the ground. 
The wish to be of some assistance to the poor man and the 
shepherd is characteristic of this dear little flower. It spreads 
itself out abundantly over the sandy, waste fields where they 
often pass by, and warns them of the approaching storms by 
closing its petals. At night also and when the day is cloudy it 
folds them together. The fact that it does so with the choice 
of asandy soil for its habitat shows how consistent the plant 
is in its aversion to moisture. 
A. Stdus, St. Peter’s-wort, is general in the sandy soil and es- 
pecially the pine barrens of New Jersey and Long Island. Its 
petals are longer than the sepals and obovate in outline. 

