The American Botanist 



VOL. XXII JOLIET, ILL., AUGUST, 1916 No. 3 



Tfow from the thyme upon the hei^fht, 

 J^nct from the eider blossoms white, 

 J^nd paie doy roses in the hedye, 

 jfnd from the mint plant on the ledye, 

 Sn puffs of balm the niyht air blows 

 TJhe perfume which the day foraoes* 

 ^nd on the pure horizon far, ' 

 See, pulsing with the first-born star ^ 

 Uhe liquid ski/ above the hill, 



evening comes, the field is still. \^'' 



—Matthew Arnbid. 



THE BLACKBERRY LILY 



By Willard N. Clute. 



T F one desires to see the blackberi-y lily {Pardanthus Chi- 

 nensis) at its best, it is likely that he will have to visit 

 some old-fashioned garden where new styles in flowers are 

 slow to penetrate. Here in some sunny corner, in company 

 with bleeding hearts, asphodels, foxgloves and other plants 

 dear to our grandmother's hearts, he may find its yellow-green 

 sword-shaped leaves and branching trusses of curiously mot- 

 tled flowers adding their note to the prevalent air of quaint- 

 ness. Judged by standards of beauty alone, the blackberry lily 

 must yield to many a denizen of the modern garden, and no 

 longer finds favor in the eyes of cultivators, but undisturbed 

 by this change in public opinion, it has slipped through the 



