HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



Great Solomon's Seal {Polygonatum commutation). Page 156. 



Also in wet meadows. 

 Carrion-flower {Smilax hcrbacea). Page 377. Common and 



variable. 

 Glaucous Willow {Salix discolor). Page 378. Shrub or small 



tree. 

 Silky Willow (5. scricca). Page 378. 

 Common Hop (Humulus Lupulus). Page 383. This may also be 



found in dry soil. 

 Pale Dock (Rumex altissimus). Page 26. In alluvial soil. 

 Mild Water Pepper {Polygonum hydropiperoides) . Page 252. 

 Water Pepper or Common Smart weed (P. hydropiper). Page 



27. 

 Indian Chickweed. Carpet Weed {Mollugo verticillata) . Page 



62. Often a weed in the garden. 

 Small-flowered Crowfoot {Ranunculus abortivus). Page 164. 



Found also on damp hills. 

 The Canada Anemone {Anemone canadensis), of the Crowfoot 



Family, is similar to species of the same genus described on page 



71. No petals', 5 white sepals. Flowers one inch across. Leaves, 



much cleft or parted, those from the root with long petioles. 



On stem a primary involucre of 3 sessile leaves, each 3 -cleft. 



Above this the stem forks twice, and each branch bears a 



second involucre of 3 -divided leaves below the flower. Found 



north of Pennsylvania. May to August. 

 Virgin's Bower {Clematis virginiana) . Page 392. 

 Wild Monkshood {Aconitum uruzinatum). Page 310. Along. 



streams in the mountains south of Pennsylvania. 

 Shrub Yellow-root {Zanthorhiza apiifolia). Page 451. More 



common southward. 

 Moonseed {'Menispermum canadense). Page 3Q4. 

 Wormseed Mustard {Erysimum cJieiranthoides). Page 170. 



Sterile or sandy soil. 

 Cuckoo Flower {Cardamine prate nsis). Page 80. Often found 



in boggy places. 

 Ditch Stonecrop {Penthorum sedoides). Page 31. 

 Pigmy Weed {Tillaea aquatica) . Page 3 1 . Not far from the coast. 

 Large-flowered Syringa {Philadelphus grandiflorus). Page 394. 



A shrub sometimes cultivated. 

 Nineb ark {Physocarpus opulifolius). Page 395. A shrub some- 

 times cultivated; found wild on rocky banks of streams. 

 Agrimony {Agrimonia parviflora). Page 176. Sandy river banks. 

 Dog Rose {Rosa canina). Page 440. River banks in Pennsyl- 

 vania. Cultivated. 

 Wild Yellow or Red Plum {Prunus americana). Page 400. 



Large shrub or small tree. 



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