CHAPTER XV 



DRY FIELDS AND PASTURES. WASTE PLACES. ROADSIDES 



From the dry fields and pastures to the roadsides is an easy 

 journey for the seeds of dry soil plants. Wherever man makes a 

 highway for himself, there his humble followers of the vegetable 

 kingdom come. They give color and beauty to what would 

 otherwise be a sandy path. Those who have driven along roads 

 in the Old World, as in some parts of Sicily, in which high walls 

 on either side bound strips of white dust, will remember with 

 gratitude the roads of New England, gorgeous with asters and 

 golden-rod in September. These friends of ours flourish alike in 

 drought, dust, and summer tempest. Alas! they are seldom 

 seen by the tourists who rush by in a big car. For real pleasure, 

 give us a comfortable buggy drawn by a friendly horse on whose 

 back the reins idly lie, leisure, a friend, and a country road. 



Blackberry Lily (Belamcanda chinensis). Page 159. 

 Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes Beckii). Page 52. 

 (S. gracilis). Page 52. 



Prairie Willow (Salix humilis). Page 377. 

 Dwarf Gray Willow (S. tristis). Page 378. 

 Sweet Fern (Myrica asplenifolia) . Page 380. 

 Hazelnut. Filbert (Corylus americana). Page 380. 

 Beaked Hazelnut (C. rostrata). Page 380. 

 Dwarf Birch (Betula glandulosa). Page 381. 

 Slender Nettle (Urtica gracilis). Page 25. 

 Stinging Nettle (U. dioica). Page 25. 



Small Nettle (U. arens). Page 25. The nettles sometimes be- 

 come disagreeable weeds. 

 Bastard Toad-flax (Comandra umbellata). Page 56. 

 Field Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium arvense). Page 65. 

 Common Mouse-ear Chickweed (C. vulgatum). Page 65. 

 Mouse-ear Chickweed (C. viscosum). Page 65. 

 Red Campion {Lychnis dioica). Page 254. 

 White Campion (L. alba). Page 66. 



Campion. Sleepy Catchfly (Silene antirrhina). Page 254. 

 Night-flowering Catchfly (S. noctiflora). Page 68. 

 Bladdf.r Campion (5. latifolia). Page 66. 



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