Our Garden Flowers; a Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life Histories, And Their Structural Affiliations
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— Ten. Ovary. — Slender, oblong; styles two, long, coiled at apex; seeds many. Curiously enough there is a small group of plants that are united not by botanical affilia- tions but by social status. Two well-known members of this out- lawed group are Saponaria offici- nalis, commonly known as Bouncing Bet, and Linaria vul- garis, Common Toadflax. Both, originally of the garden, are to- day outcasts; both in their prim- itive forms bear flowers of great beauty. It is clear that their vitality ha...s wrought their social ruin. In a way the garden enclosure spells aristocratic seclusion, and when these two became rampant democrats, if not anarchists, when it was discovered that no fence could limit their activities or check their advance, they were discarded; and now as va- 139 Bouncing Bet. Saponaria officinalis PINK FAMILY grants they wander along the highways and comfort the waste places, but the garden knows them no more. They are a joy by the roadside to the eye that can see and, as is not surprising, objects of contempt to the unseeing.
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