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Henry S. Salt. The Call of the Wildflower
The Call of the Wildflower
Table of Contents
I. THE CALL OF THE WILDFLOWER
II
ON SUSSEX SHINGLES
III
BY DITCH AND DIKE
IV
LIKENESSES THAT BAFFLE
V
BOTANESQUE
VI
THE OPEN DOWNLAND
VII
PRISONERS OF THE PARTERRE
VIII
PICKING AND STEALING
IX
ROUND A SURREY CHALK-PIT
X
A SANDY COMMON
XI
QUAINTNESS IN FLOWERS
XII
HERTFORDSHIRE CORNFIELDS
XIII
THE SOWER OF TARES
XIV
DALES OF DERBYSHIRE
XV
NO THOROUGHFARE!
PRESERVED
XVI
LIMESTONE COASTS AND CLIFFS
XVII
ON PILGRIMAGE TO INGLEBOROUGH
XVIII
A BOTANOPHILIST'S JOURNAL
XIX
FELONS AND OUTLAWS
XX
SOME MARSH-DWELLERS
XXI
A NORTHERN MOOR
XXII
APRIL IN SNOWDONIA
XXIII
FLOWER-GAZING IN EXCELSIS
XXIV
COVES OF HELVELLYN
XXV
GREAT DAYS
XXVI
THE LAST ROSE
INDEX
Footnote
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Henry S. Salt
Published by Good Press, 2021
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But to whichever of these watery wastes the flower-lover betakes himself, he will not lack for occupation. One of the first friends to greet him in the early summer, by the Lewes levels, will be the charming Hottonia, or "water-violet," as it is misnamed; for though the petals are pink, its yellow eye and general form proclaim it to be of the primulaceæ, and "water-primrose" should by preference be its title. There are few prettier sights than a company of these elegant flowers rising clear above the surface, their slender stems bearing whorls of the pink blossoms, while the dark green featherlike leaves remain submerged. This "featherfoil," as it is sometimes called, is as lovely as the primrose of the woods.
Companions or near neighbours of the Hottonia are the arrow-head, at once recognized by its bold sagittate leaves, and the frog-bit, another flower of three white petals, whose small reniform foliage, floating on the brooks, gives it the appearance of a dwarf water-lily. By no means common, but growing in profusion where it grows at all, the dainty little frog-bit, once met with, always remains a favourite. The true water-lilies, both the white and the yellow, are also native on the levels; so, too, is the quaint water-milfoil, with its much-cut submerged leaves resembling those of the featherfoil, and its numerous erect flower-spikes dotting the surface of the pools. All these water-nymphs may be seen simultaneously blossoming in June.
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