Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-08


son, as the Southern blue Gag bears a |
much larger bloom. Blue" is rather a
misnomcr too. as the color of the flower |
is more purple than blue. Concerning the
name "rlcur-dc -lie." Mrs. Dana says: at
vii! surprise most Of us to learn that
the common namo which We nave bor-
rowed from the French docs not signify
Flower. of-the-lily" as it would If literally
translated. but flower of LOUIS lis be-
ing a corruption OF the name of the
king who first adopted It rs his badge.
So Flcur-dc-lr is the french corruption
of lcur-dc-Louis, and Flower-ic- luce IS
the English corruption. TIL" name Iris
is the Greek name for rainbow. and was
bestowed on the genus of which this plan
Is a species because of the gorgeous color
ing Of the flowers. Tho specific name
of this plant. Nersicolor means many
colorcd. or showing II variety Of color
and as blue. purple, green, yellow and
white are mingled in this flower if is
very appropriate
Convolvulus s,pium has a good many
common names. l}udweed, Hedge bind
weed Great bindweed, Wild Morning
Glory Rutland Beauty, Bcll-bind. Lady's
Nightcap and Crceper. There may he
more, hut have not happened to hear
them. This is first cousin to the garden
Morning glory, and is "A very beautiful
vine It ,e easy to understand the name
"hindwrcd" If one finds the vine in the
fields for il twists about and binds very
closely arv other plant il can roach
Rutland Beauty" is n local namc. BELL
bind and "Ladys Nightcap" are hard to
| understand. but probably refer to The
shape of the flower "Crc"por" is GER
! tainly descriptive. but it is Just as APP
| phcahlc to any creeping vine. Convolvulus
| is from the Latin verb convolyo ITO Irvine
| round or about" Scpium is also from
! the Latin and means "hedro" Old Eng
lish writers refer to the plant as the
| "hedce bell"
The two beautiful vetchcs that grow
| in this region command worry enthusiastic
admiration. The more common species. 49,
| common only because II crows .vor,wnnro
| 50 abundantly-is the Blue or TufteI
| Vctch or Tarc (Vicia c-accn) Vct,h is II
corruption of the Latin Vicia. which sig
| mites Ito bind" fprior) although same
| authorities assert TINT vicia is derived
| from tho Celtic .gvig." which was AT one
time tho name Of kindred plant. .'ruft
! ed" refers To the close growth Of the
flowers have counted ~ crowded On
loss than three inches of tho flower stem.
The author o, Natures Garden saws:
| Let no roproach fan on these innocent
plants that bear an opprobrious names:
| tho .tore' Of ecrirtirc ie oltocoth.r de-
fnront tho hoardnd darnol of rho Moli-
| torrnr,,n r.,,to,e whose lo.,.os 1',, leo
lono hv sjp,,,,tin,- those of ,vb.,t AVA
whose emnIInr encds instead ~ no,Iri.b no.
man noison him - ,rho other yo,ch 4.
Awnrir,r, has ,,rccr ,rd ,,oro h'",,,i'
a., no,ors hut (o,vor or ,ba,, thara -.
in, orI,. fron, .l,rn. "a so,,or onu..r. l.,
tha racor,o +, Cain, too tho,. .ro ,,.,,.
| Iieco,,, hi',, ~ l,,,o1,. ro,1 r,,r,,,a ,,hi
~ ,ur,,d .,0h ,.,,.ios fro,,, ~ ri,i ,n,,
| tn,, 'l, .,,,a',,r,a r. ii, 49,. n.y.,
| >,<,''' ,iso vac t,i,.
Gun 90, I1'''' So
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'o'r on NV n'N. n.'ir m''!'Ht 'Net
| r"'h nhS Il CROW" ~ ''"i'"o!,n ""'V" h,"i
erecting 10 an WIZ pass ne sc"n'ii.e
name Tor ines mowers 'S t"flP"huH'
r"'uhuii'll", "i'pa.uia means III,
u" h"ll ana rn'uhn'iolid means round
ioaVed Inc hrst leaves or thlS PAM
ar" round lying !lose 10 tno ground h"'
they withcr ana IAN OH before me MOVE
appears. so only the long grass-like leaves
are seen with the hover. Concerning the
common name. 'fiaroh"I.' Professor
fiulmc says the English name WAS be
slowed upon it W" are told because it
grows on tho dry and hillv pastures fro