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flowers, in the woods, may almost be called our sensi- 

 tive plants ; they shut up their leaves and go to sleep 

 at night, and on the approach of rain. These plants 

 are used in Europe to give an acid flavour to soup. 

 Oxalic Acid and Salt of Sorrel were formerly made 

 from them ; now they are made from sugar. 



Linngeus, whose enthusiasm for flowers was such 

 that he went down upon his knees and thanked God 

 that he had lived to see a furze bush in full flower, has 

 given his name to our lovely twin-flower (Linnaea 

 Borealis) which is now in full bloom ; the flowers are 

 twins upon one stalk, from which they hang as roseate 

 bells ; the interior of the corolla is filled with down, and 

 the flowers strew the earth with lavish profuseness and 

 scent the air all around. 



I have often been led to the discovery of these 

 flowers from their rich perfume. In the month of June, 

 the Eagwort, a composite flower with yellow heads, and 

 about one-and-a-half to two feet high, abounds in wet 

 places by the side of running streams. The Anemone, 

 so famous in English song, is principally represented 

 by Anemone Pennsylvanica ; it grows in masses on 

 wet banks, the leaves are in whorls and the white 

 flowers measure from one to one and a half inches 

 across slight observation will reveal the fact that the 

 flower has not both sepals and petals ; when such is 

 the case it is always customary to say that the petals 

 are wanting, and the flower is regarded as consisting of 

 colored sepals. 



The Corydalis grows plentifully on recently cleared 

 land, amid the charred stumps of trees, and often on 

 the sides of gravel pits. In June it is in full bloom, 

 growing about two feet high, with beautifully cut 

 leaves and a panicled raceine of white, yellow and red 

 flowers." The want of space precludes description of 

 many other wild flowers peculiar to June — Smilacina 

 Eacemosa, Solomon's Seal, the Pitcher Plant, (Sarra- 

 cenia Purpurea, &c.) The Forget-me-not (Myosotis 



