Identifier: nativeflowersfer01meeh (find matches)
Title: The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Meehan, Thomas, 1826-1901
Subjects: Wild flowers -- United States Ferns -- United States
Publisher: Boston : L. Prang and Co.
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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have to look in that direction forits genetic home. Our plant commences to bloom rather early for an autumnalflower, but its blossoms are continued far into the fall of the year.As we have before said, it was introduced many years ago intoEnglish gardens, although it seems to be rare there now, and weknow of no attempt to cultivate it in our own country. It is byno means a showy plant, but still it deserves a place in the flowerborders of the real lover of nature, on account of the many valu-able lessons it teaches, some of which we have briefly alluded to.It seems to be a great favorite with certain coleopterous insects,which seek out and greedily devour the flowers, although theremay be an abundance of others to feed on. Explanation of the Plate. — i. Pait of a flower-stalk. — 2. Achene, half mature, withtwo divergent calyx-teeth. — 3. Cross section of the same. — 4. Portion of llowcr-stalkfrom about midway, showing a pair of opposite leaves, which it sometimes produces. PLA
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