Plants Growing in Waste Shab Roadside 
Banks and Lanes. 
What charm has the road when beside tt we wander 
And gaze at its banks gaily clothed, 
Where dwell the proud asters, the legion of sparrows 
And myriads of rods waving gold. 
There the little birds sing and the merry bees hum, 
A naughty snake glides slowly by, 
[n waves clear or misty hang sunshine and shadow, 
While above ts the deep, blue sky. 
WINTER CRESS. YELLOW ROCKET. 
Barbaréa Barbareéa, 
' FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Mustard. Yellow. Scentless. General. A pril-September. 
Flowers : small; growing in racemes. Calyx : of four sepals that fall early. 
Corolla: of four cruciferous petals. Stamens: six, two of which are sherter 
than the others. Pyst#/: one. Pods: linear, branch-like. Leaves: those at 
the base, lyre-shaped; those of the stem, ovate; pinnately-divided; incised. 
Stem : erect ; smooth, 
The leaves of the herb of St. Barbara, as this little plant is 
also called, are used as a salad by many country people. One 
must hee however, the taste engendered by being brane 
up on the soil to truly appreciate them as a delicacy. 

