The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04
:. Out-Of-DOOr
With the Procession
of the FlOWerS-..-.

in long-beaked capsule. 1t is the cranes
bill, the alum-root, the geraniuT
maculatum. The flower has five sepals
and five petals and the foliage betrays
the relationship which the plant has tc
the geranum of the garden. and the
odor also. The name cranesbll is
applied because of the fruit, which re-
calls the cranes bill as much as it does
anything. There Is another variety, but
a more retiring one, the herb Robert,
which may be found in the rocky woods,
a dainty plant both in foliage and bios
SONS: but which has disagreeablc
odor. There are also many other spe-
Giles; but the variations are easily rec
ognized. It grows as far south as Geor-
gla and Is In many cases adventitious
from Europe.
The golden corydalis, corydalis aurca,
may be found now If you know where
it blooms. 1t grows in the woods from
Maine to Pennsylvania and west to
Wisconsin, has finely dssccted leaves
and bright yellow flowers, with n/spur
half as long as tho corolla. The outer
petals are kcelcd and not crested, and
the seed pods are cylindrical and CON
tracted. 1t is very dainty blossom
mans breeches, both belonging to the
same family. The latter. the dlcentra
cucullaria, is also in blossom with It's
broad flowers showing white or pink,
with their yellow SUBMITS. They grow
IN raceme. very slender and attrac-
tive, to the westward and south to Mis-
souri,.
There Is also the squirrel corn, with
the odor Of hyancnths, the bleeding
heart. with It's compound raccme and
PINK flowers, and the climbing fumitory
az blossoming later in the season ana
all of one family.
In the bogs south of Virginia wa SHAH
,ilosl ilkeiy md the Sarracenla taya, the
~ N mat 1t remorselessly devours Mas
me leaves are shaped like n trumnet
ana me flowers are yellow with mar
10 row, contracted petals. 1t is not quite
pitcher plant, which nhabits the marshes
OF the North. That Is lnunifestly Gnsirn'
ca 10 supply the plant with all the ami
s IN nutr!meht desired. The leaves arc
wafer IN which tbs insect finds it's end
!or there are nectar glands on the ox
terror. which the ny Invariably follows,
0 Only 10 drop into the cavity nj the inn
al, e .her ERR, esGape is impossible, in that
Ing forth, But there Is n frieze of hairs
pointing downward at the entrance and
,hese the crawling fly cannot surmount
S Sm 'r,Gs md tries again. md finally
lals victim to It's appetite and bc-
comes ,,, food for the plant. And these
pitchers; too become excellent breeding
PAGES for the mosquitoes: and the lar,
vac are often frozen therein and nre
nnin1nrcd IN the spring But Tho flowers
hre described ms purple: should rather
say mat they We're crimson gone Into
mourning, for the flies consumed They
ar" pod blossoms, and have norfume
al their own. They NAV be found any
Wh.rH from Maine 10 Florida and west
81 Minnesota. during Junc.
The broom-rape. pale or naked. tho
Aphyllon uniornm, is a parasite which
may be found in the woods or thick.
I "a lor y leeds upon the roots or trees,
~ ID LeaNess, and bears one blossom
upoh its stem. The blossom is white
o. o. violet with yellow folds In the throat.
~ grows from Maine to Texas. TaqIe
- ahother variety, the A. iasctculata,
which bears yellow ilowers and when
iipsso'ns N Nebraska and Wyoming.
IN some moist places, on the banks