PINK AND RED GROUP 



of the papilionaceous corolla the standard is a greenish yellow, 

 broad, turned back in the full-blossomed flower, the rose-colored 

 wings cohere with the keel which is a pale yellow tipped and 

 marked with rose. Leaves, compound, with 9 to 29 leaflets, one 

 odd, terminating the stem, all tipped with a minute point. June 

 and July. 



Sandy soil from New Hampshire to Minnesota and south- 

 ward, common near the coast. Roots long and slender, with 

 a toughness which gives the name catgut. The plant grows 

 erect, 1 to 2 feet, with thick, brittle stems, in large clumps, 

 in sandy soil, especially edging pine woods. The flowers grow 

 in long panicles, through which are scattered a few leaves. 

 The panicle is often ragged-looking, the blossoms below be- 

 ing withered and dried. The entire plant is white, silky, 

 hairy. The blossoms, with their striking color and large 

 size, make a showy plant. 



T. spicata. — A straggling, branching species, covered with 

 brownish hairs, with few reddish flowers in a loose, interrupted 

 spike, borne on a long peduncle. Leaflets of the pinnate leaves, 

 9 to 15, broad, oblong or wedge-shaped, generally notched. 2 

 feet high. May to July. 



Dry soil from Delaware and Virginia southward. 



T. hispidula. — Color, deep crimson. Slender-stemmed, strag- 

 gling, 2 feet high or less. 2 to 4 flowers in a spike on a long 

 peduncle. Leaves, similar to the last. May to July. 



Range the same as the last. 



Coronilla 



Corontlla wana. — Family, Pulse. Color, deep rose. Flowers, 

 papilionaceous, grouped in umbels from slender peduncles spring- 

 ing out of the leaf-axils. Pods, long, 3 to 7-jointed, 4-angled. 

 Leaves, compound, 7 to 12 pairs of small, oblong leaflets, with 1 

 odd, terminal. All summer. 



This pretty, hardy plant, escaped from cultivation, borders 

 the roadsides in many places in Connecticut and Long 

 Island to New Jersey. From underground runners ascend- 

 ing stems arise to the height of 2 feet. It is becoming more 

 common every year. 



Herb Robert. Cranesbill 



Geranium Robertianum (generic name means a "crane," from the 

 long beak on the pod). — Family, Geranium. Color, deep crimson. 



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