Wild flowers of the north-eastern states : $b Being three hundred and eight individuals common to the north-eastern United States — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Wild flowers of the north-eastern states : $b Being three hundred and eight individuals common to the north-eastern United States
John Stuart Mill · en
That every flower-lover will find some favorites omitted, is altogether
probable, in a selection of three hundred individuals from among the
hosts which invite representation. The extreme dry weather of the
previous season must be held accountable for several noteworthy, and
much regretted, blanks in the list.
The choice of botanical terms has been intentionally confined to those
which long usage has so wrought into the common speech that they have
practically ceased to belong to strictly scientific nomenclature. The
floral families have been arranged in the order employed in Gray’s
_Manual_; the individual members of a genus, and of a family, have been
placed in their usual sequence of bloom, that the flower-gatherer may
know when to reasonably expect the successive blossoming of any special
set of plants. It is impossible however to be arbitrarily definite in
any such classification of Nature’s methods. Nor are we able to do
more than to approximate accuracy in describing color; modifications,
even direct contradictions, of the normal or usual type are constantly
discovered, which we may impute to variations in soil or temperature,
but whose appearance follows laws we dimly apprehend. Of one thing only
may we be sure: Nature tunes her seemingly fickle choice to harmony,
whatever the key; always there remains a perfect adjustment of color
between stalk and stem and leaf and blossom.
By the generosity of Mrs. Fanny D. Bergen, of Cambridge, Mass., the
lists of folk-names for many flowers have been greatly enriched.
Recognition is due also to Dr. B. F. Robinson, and to his assistants
of the Harvard Herbarium, for very kind aid in the botanical
classification of specimens.
DEERFIELD, MASS.,
April 3d, 1895.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CROWFOOT FAMILY, _Ranunculaceæ_ 1
BARBERRY FAMILY, _Berberidaceæ_ 32
WATER-LILY FAMILY, _Nymphæaceæ_ 36
PITCHER-PLANTS, _Sarraceniaceæ_ 40
POPPY FAMILY, _Papaveraceæ_ 42
FUMITORY FAMILY, _Fumariaceæ_ 46
MUSTARD FAMILY, _Cruciferæ_ 50
ROCK-ROSE FAMILY, _Cistaceæ_ 60
VIOLET FAMILY, _Violaceæ_ 62
PINK FAMILY, _Caryophyllaceæ_ 76
ST. JOHN’S-WORT FAMILY, _Hypericaceæ_ 90
MALLOW FAMILY, _Malvaceæ_ 94
GERANIUM FAMILY, _Geraniaceæ_ 96
HOLLY FAMILY, _Ilicineæ_ 104
STAFF-TREE FAMILY, _Celastraceæ_ 106
BUCKTHORN FAMILY, _Rhamnaceæ_ 108
VINE FAMILY, _Vitaceæ_ 110
MILKWORT FAMILY, _Polygalaceæ_ 112