[XI]
WASTES AND WAYSIDES IN SUMMER
It will probably have been noticed that several of the spring flowers of our waysides and waste places continue to bloom into the summer. Descriptions of these will, of course, not be repeated here, but, for the convenience of those who are endeavouring to identify flowers which have been gathered during the summer months, we append a list of the species referred to:
Plants of the Wayside and Waste Ground that bloom during both Spring and Summer
- Greater Celandine.
- Shepherd's Purse.
- Yellow Rocket.
- Early Winter Cress.
- Thale Cress.
- Wild Turnip.
- Procumbent Pearlwort.
- Lesser Stitchwort.
- Mouse-ear Chickweed.
- Dove's-foot Crane's-bill.
- Jagged-leaved Crane's-bill.
- Herb Robert.
- Black Medick.
- Bird's-foot.
- Bush Vetch.
- Chervil.
- Mouse-ear Hawkweed.
- Groundsel.
- Common Speedwell.
- Wall Speedwell.
- Field Speedwell.
- Gray Field Speedwell.
- White Dead Nettle.
- Red Dead Nettle.
- Cut-leaved Dead Nettle.
- Yellow Pimpernel.
- Annual Meadow Grass.
The flowers described in the present chapter are those which do not, as a rule, bloom before the month of June.
Our first example is the Wild Clematis, Traveller's Joy, or Old Man's Beard (Clematis Vitalba), of the order Ranunculaceæ—a climbing shrub, very common in the hedgerows of the south and centre of England, producing a profusion of white, scented flowers during July and August, and rendered even more conspicuous in the autumn and winter by the dense clusters of feathered fruits. Its stem is woody and often very thick at the base; and the annual branches climb over the neighbouring plants, clinging by means of the twisted leafstalks. The leaves are opposite, pinnate, with three or five stalked, ovate or cordate leaflets; and the flowers are in loose, axillary or terminal panicles. The latter have four greenish-white sepals; no petals; numerous stamens; and many one-seeded carpels, each of which, when ripe, is tipped by the persistent style that has become very long and feathered.
The Wild Clematis.
