The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects

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Identifier: nativeflowersfer02meeh (find matches)
Title: The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Meehan, Thomas, 1826-1901
Subjects: Wild flowers -- United States Ferns -- United States
Publisher: Boston : L. Prang and Co.
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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to inquire whether itis a new creation which originated on the spot where it wasfound, or whether it is the last of a race which is dying out.In this case, arguing from the fact that our species has a num-ber of relatives in South America from which it is separated bya vast distance, it is reasonable to suppose that the G. Portcriis the remnant of an old family, which, owing to some favorablecircumstances, has been preserved in the small spot where it isfound to tell the disastrous tale of the destruction of its rela-tives. But what is the common name 1 asks the wild-flower col-lector. As it is an asteraceous plant, — a Stanvort, as Lind-ley would say, — suppose we call it Stone-Mountain Star.? The plant from which our drawing was made was grown byMr. Jackson Dawson, in the gardens of the Bussey Institute. Explanation of the Plate.- i. Flowering branch.-2. Enlarged floret, with the scaleat the base o£ the achene.-3. Lower portion of a flower-stalk, showing its branchingcharacter.
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