THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 69 
si Stent growth and indefatigable development of our gnarly wild 
apple must experience a feeling of affection for this meek Yankee 
tree. Thus he describes his search for the ''Last Gleaning" of 
wild fruit. 'Tor I know that they lie concealed, fallen into hol- 
lows long since, and covered up by the leaves of the tree itself,-- 
a proper kind of packing. From these lurking places, anywhere 
within the circumference of the tree, I draw^ forth the fruit, all 
wet and glossy, maybe nibbled by rabbits and hollowed out by 
crickets, and perhaps with a leaf or two cemeted to it, but still 
with a rich bloom on it, and at last as ripe and well kept, if not 
better than those in barrels, more crisp and lively than they. If 
these resources fail to yield anything, I have learned to look be- 
tween the bases of the suckers which spring thickly from some 
horizontal limb, for now and then one lodges there, or in the 
midst of an alder-clump, where they are covered by leaves, safe 
from cows which may have smelled them out." In his quaint 
fashion he named our friend of the pasture. Mains campestrivallis, 
"the Apple which grows in Hollows in Pastures." The Truant's 
apple, {Ccssatoris) and the Saunterer's apple we easily identify, 
and Pedcstriiiin Solatium, is the friend of our autmun trampings. 
On the rain-washed claybank, w^e usually meet the white 
hoary mullin {Verhasciim) . Its finely colored blossoms would 
make a very handsome spike were they all to bloom simultaneous- 
ly. Rubbed on the cheek, the woolly leaves impart as fine a com- 
plexion as ever graced a Devonshire maid. The dry naked pole 
still holds itself aloft until the last heavy snows of winter weight 
it to earth. 
Xear where the home-returning herd have worn a rough path, 
the regal thistle has established itself so sturdily and staunch. In 
blooming time the brown bees struggle among the purple bios- 
soms, endeavoring to wrest their store of nectar from the kingly 
grasp. The common Cnicus lanceolattis, is named by some 
botanists as the representative of the Scotch thistle in America, 
but any of us who have enjoyed an opportunity of seeeing the 
growing Scotch thistle, are impressed with the beautiful downy 
appearance of both stem and leaves, much more abundant than 
in the Cnicus lanceolatns. It is a much controverted question 
respecting the genus in which it rightfully belongs. The ancient 
