, 1877-04-21

slender plant, rising only icw inches from, t!r
ground, aud having While lowers anu the usual
compound foliage.
jnJnuc the lucky hotanis. will aid to hi. col
Of at Mcndota, the gnldcn flowers Of the Taat-
pfnn1 tr.toiiasnn,. Tho r. anTsnm Il common
everywhere. in tho fatnc month the Water
l'cnnY,Koyal tl!udoto!ty't nnsotaafa) M;'ns to
stucks''aw 1.akc', at. lsot'rte. antt thereafter
continues In bloom all summer. The Homework
tErgrfoksnfa Canddtsafs), In tho trf:ets Mt fstv-
erstt1c and Calumet, now et,irrs upon It's reason
snakcxort tSantefs t;;aaadt,Isi',, common epe-
rtcs. Tho s.. .HariaHdird Is more rare. hut
has been found ncar The North f!raEch Of Chtca-
90 River. The ow.fartnip t}}trarlfnne fand3pn,)
the Zisia iattrr;7n"tn nj f'1enccc en Hyde park
July brings into blossom, at 1fyttc Park ami
southwarl, the Erynso (Eiyngia.e, snee'tf tfa3ium),
wEo:c r'eiM, gra.s.iko 1caves make It = narsei
rare in our ncightoThood, hut. has bcen gather
ri west Ut the Dcsplutncs at Rtyerstlc: md tho
Eat"E1,s dtatrfeanus In tic kamc locality. 1n
Auyust,wc haye the Cow banc "a dFehfnora rtgsda),
Calumet; and the Waicr-flcmlock {Ciemfa
the Southern Michigan Railroad.
These e!ercn .tleeirs ,uf family numbering
l'rof: II. Il. isabcoek. Tho ant6tVt ftra ara
chiefly nattvcs OF tho northern portions of tho
or.e eon,!snts Thcy arc 5are n tropical
Thus, IN India, they arc almost unknnwn an tho
plains, but arc abundant on the mountains Of
ttic lli1nalaya. The group Is easily distinguished
fo, fFo, ~ th eoit cntfy fo
members nrc alf herbs, Will, 1luwcr* In u,nbels,
80 called from their stems radfatlnE FROM acom
nun centre like the siretclnfa Of un umbrella.
Ieascs. ahcathing at Tho base. The petals arc
Ryc. and usually small; aud the stnmcns n l;1l-
bcr !iye. aud the pissi]s two.
Without difficulty the student Will recognize
att Cmbclticr by these cl,aractcri:tics; bt,t,
until he las lad good deal Of practice, he Viii
| hare trouble to classlfy strang. species. The
parts Of the flowers are 70 minute that tho asd
Of magnitylng.glass Ia required to distinguish
them, aud then It IL often very puzxlng to de-
eide between species showing extremely little
diversity. There arc UmbclIiers, however.
| which 1naT be known at g1ance: ns tho Boflz
g'etar!a. of Chill. which growe in TUFTS said to
resemble l,aystacls; and the Leato'vna rosand;-
Jatd. which has three large white leaflets sur
| rounding the nowcrN.
One portion Ut tic family sccreic an acstd
juice, which forms mort or less active poison !;
anotller portion accretc teslnous, mllky sub
sta.lee, wuic!. renders ten valuable as stltnu-
lantA; q tilir1 portion sccrrtc asi aromatic oil,
which converts them Into carmtnatfvcs OF pleas.
ant condiments; while still fourth class, IN
the absence Of any strons principle. arc useful
escilcnts. An1ong these last VIC uIay name
Celery, which Ia nattye of England md the
! Conslnenis Of Asia and Europe, mud ia It's wild
st.tc Is coarse. rank'snlcllJng plant; Samphire+
= herb growing near salt waters, and greatly
esteemed ~ a salad md q pickle: the Carrot,
the 1farsnip, and parsleT. which arc indigenous
to Eurupe;;, In the third class arc found tue
xaoae aeas lie 1s % sees. ena cqf o.c
yielding nsaftrt,Ia. Tl,fs drug 10 thu dried,
milky jutce Of several species Of Ftrnta grow.
ing In Persia aud nclghborinE Countries. II
cred and q thin slIce cut off, while tie lower
ailurds similar drug, wf,Icl, enjoyed iigI re-
pute among the anricnts for fts supposed incdi.
ob,alnel IRON umbell,fcss growing III Pe,rsa
and Syria. eecrctluns Of Ike character, III use
IN medicine. arc produced By various other
members Of tho family.
plants Is the tonfam, or ltemIock; the Cieu'd,
OF CowDant, Is only less v1Eu1ent In Its action :;
| while number OF species sccretc In their lraycs
or roots an acfld principle which OCCASIONS au.
ECU, headache, vomiting, conruls'ous. alld lnaI-
1y death.
| The tlowcrs Of the Um1elift71 are fayorably
constructed for fertilization by inserts. Thcy
grow III fiat heads. uniting largc number III a
eae on sl,c tat disk incloscl by tho live petals.
No family, snyk Sir John Lubbock, are m61c ire.
qucntly w visited by tilssrts than tis ntlst liz
tom}usit1: II. Muller tas. Observed lls different
the Iltrun<an. 1ol from those II thu drge'x,
t:la,n, scyentythrer from the Will Cherv,It a,,t
btxty-one from the Carrot. Out. of lo0 insects
visiting tho lass-uamcd plant, Herr Muller hu.
Ormoths. thir:y arc dies, mid !ifty.two belong
iouthcrordess. WitAeuch a multitude Of winged
| things AuttcrinE from AuweF to !!owvr, ARD lAaut
TO plant, ile umbelifcrs are sure to secure til.