The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-09
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and west to Minnesota, tho rest grow
Ing from Virginia to Texas.
The hills In Essex county, Mass. are
covered with Il golden mantle during
tho summer time. It ls tho blossom OF
the Genista tnctoria, tho woad-waxen.
the dyer's weed. It also Is of the legu-
minotls family. 1t bears few flowcrcd
clusters OF bright yellow flowers, and
leaves which are close to the stem; a
very attractive plant. but most OBJ
noxious weed. There Is legend that
the seeds were brought over by one OF
the Piirltnns; and there Is another story
to the effect that they came over as
dye for the use OF the tanners In Pea
body But whichever be true, the woad-
wnxcn grows from Maine to Eastern
New York.
still Of the same family Is the Meli-.
lotus alba, tho sweet white clover. the
ioncd people To perfume tho linen. for
they have n sweet and wholesome fra
GRANGE. Although a clover. 1t grows
quite tall sometimes as high as ten feet,
and Is very branching herb with tri-
follatc leaves which are downy. and
white flowers in slender raceines There
Is the NJ. offlclnalis the yellow melilot.
which bears yellow flowers Both plants
nrc adventurous.
by tIlc WhySlQCS, III tllt> sIidb;
the fields. from Maine to Florida, In
deed, all over the country grows the
flax, the Lnum. tho linseed 1t Is a
slender plant with sesslle leaves and per-
feet flowers OF yellow color. There are
nine varieties In our territory. but two
OF which. the Lewisl and the rlgidum.
bear large flowers. These grow on the
prairies from Manitoba to Texas.
The Polygaes are growing In the woods,
RI. ~ otrino cv(,, tpoy 1,Y
to the scene. AS the Greek name implies.
they have something to do with milk.
and arc commonly called milkworts. be-
cause they were supposed to increase the
quantity OF milk in the COW which ate
them. They arc common plants. yet some
OF them have beauty. as the fringed
polygala. for instance, which l described
last MONTH There Is the purple polygala.
with its bright blossoms which grows
everywhere; and the orange polygala,
which grows south OF New Jersey: and
the Maryland polygala which grows south
OF that State to Louisiana. You Will
readily recognize the flowers. for they are
those bright, red-purple spikes, which
bcautfy the fields. The leaves are small.
and entire. and several OF the species
bear cleistogamous flowers, that IS
flowers which are fertillzed In the bud.
The Ardromeda polifoia. the rosemary,
the holly marsh rose Is in bloom In the
bogs from New. England to Pennsylvania.
It Is much like blucberry bush. save that
the blossoms arc borne in terminal UNI
bells and are toothen. the teeth being
recurved. The stagger bush Is another
OF the species with the flowers, which
are family pink in lateral nodding UNI
bells 1t affects the sandy soil from Rhode
Island to Florida. There is tho fetterbush
also, which grows from Virginia to
Florida of the same family; and the red
bearberry, which grows from Labrador
to Colorado.
The sumachs add a tropical character
to the summer Landscape, for the foliage
suggests the tropics. You all know the
staghorn sumach with It's pinnatified
leaves and Its pancles OF crimson
flowers. Yet they are not crimson. but
green; IT is the clothing hairs which are
crimson and acid. And. what Is more, the
flowers are polygamous. There are tho
mountain sumach. and the scarlet
sumach. and the fragrant sumach, which
grow In the mountains and west to
Minnesota and south to Louisiana: and
theill-scented sumach. which grows from
Illinois to Nebraska. There are two which
are poisonous. the poison sumach and the
poison ivy. The former grows In swamps
from Maine to Louisiana, and Is very
poisonous. the latter covers stone walls
and fences all the way from Maine to