| Show 1 E ASTERS A STUDY IN IOLET PURPLE and Utility of Ono One Of the Common Weeds A REAL WESTERN BEAUTY t r olden fm lovers 1 y rite fill Co of or of r I ek One of o our r lost relined be begins gins ln tin a set cahn of this ber r day dayI I I pass along the paths we two have 1 trod Irod IrodA t A And upon the tho dear widen Itlo the blue aster and the go gorod Z ro rod 1 r NOW t Our eaters and how I 1 if 4 t tto tA 1 A to ii 1 I II TWO OF THE TUE WILD ASTERS w wI t t the lie ter with lavender dared colored rays tort soft let ye and 11 t I smooth lmH t Hlo 1110 right letter with VIolet raJ rays t mid rouGh Drawn from nature by grado lh kf t I ul of the Sato Tri chool vcr ever bloom In October The Tho former am to bo be found on eV every ry hill hillI I side Ilc lit III every beside many of Illy al and along nil tho Even I dry wayside woy l ol Een 4 the cr does docs not Ilot an and 1 mass of violet tp 4 purple bloom for tor upon ullon venturing Into the Ihl midst ot of tho ocean of yellow olor tn in tho Iho field It waa 18 Sound that the hiller had not entirely usurped Iho ho toll loll but that In ht between the toll hell anthus and coveting the hills hillsand and bare placeD Were of 1 a plant from a I few tew Inches to 10 a 11 toot foot or so high 1 v that a 11 beauty as al lovely und and delicate aY as that ot of the tho sunflower bold and commanding This was WIlS the theaster rrt r aster lISter In three varieties most usually I ot n n a deep violet color nut but pass passIng passIng Ing through shades of at iliac and lavender to a 1 pinkish white and ami sparkling Ilk Ilko colored stars at lie tho top of at elegant rho le IB celebrated In song lion I and andl t t story l n mid Is s certainly worthy of at the thee fC e homage It hM hew received A little dOM observation a lion finds that this dell L or of weed upon The method In tho clues classes ell ut at the university was to 0 approach It In this tIll way wayA A VIEW VIE What is III to 10 you the most moat striking tell feature hIre of the plant What Shades hudes of i color do you seo IIO In the tho flowers ot of van 1111 r ouS t How 1101 does tt It compare comparo with the n us to texture and duration of its 19 stem litem In InI the Iho position shape size and number of oft I Its leaves In the Iho pre presence of smaller t leaves bracts on the tho upper stems In II I thu Iho ot of is surface whether rough I or smooth Miry hairy or glabrous Consider I t I ho number and size 4 t of oC its heads the tho number color size and shape hll c of oC the rn ray lowers 10 rs or of the tho flowers the flower cup or that contains the tho head hena or of the Iho flowers 1 liB as to 10 its bell shapes and the number of oC rows rowl ot of small leaves that 1 form orm It Ace 11 to 10 tho ilia worth ot of this weed Is It ornamental Should It Il be b exter of Its blossoms Or Orlet Orr r let grow and flourish Have you seen others like It II but with more numerous I Iray j ray These aI the thu Iho of thu tho eastern sues They 1 bloom In great profusion eArlier In sum lIum nod In A CLO m STUDY 1 Coming to finer ob observe re rethe i r the stern stem mono woody at tho Iho base Ime and therefore fI a perennial the Iho and Ien elen elender lIer der linear j the that thai arise from Crom the axils or Inner of at the Ica leaves thE peduncles or f Into which tho Iho o the I with Its us email scales clo closely el fanning the bell 9 the oblong olon linear ray flowers without t rf stamens but with bristly o or calyx down the Iho disc lowers ruse 1 n t lens lena with yellow ellow style III projecting like II a fork and tile the seed or iI resembling a a small peg el three r times ns as tong qs os n ide Now comae some I thing ot of more Interest POLLEN GRAl GRAINS S DO Fertilization Is the process by means of which the seed se Jd Is made or orr ready nody to 10 grow through the tho operation r r ot of the tho pollen vollen grains In penetrating the ii and catering the ovule or sed l The Tho familiAr yellow duet of the aster neter ot nt and nud Is 15 borne by stamens and Is the special stimulant which Is necessary to cause the thet t seeds to grow and without which the ovules or young seeds simply shrivel 1 and die Little sacs anthers contain t the pollen rollen dust which is III most mOlt corn cont mon mealy yellow or brown In color but may be red green blue hili whitish or even black and the tho grains are of Vl va with unique markings than seen under the tho microscope Ea Each 11 polka grain delicately l with nil nilis Is with II a liquid oC at a 1 most m st t thus kind khI and Is the Iho lesh forming 1 of the honeybee the bee t al o e of the tho young grubs In the hl hive When hen 1 a grain falls upon n a pl pistil the grain sends lIend forth 1 a mInute tube tuM that penetrates the pistil and carries this fluid down to one ana of I ha o ovules I r ft below helo which Ilch It finds ands with unerring s 4 and enters rI ut at nn an opening which outcry s Young need Iud provides for this purpose I a al l 4 n r ri rI I I I i it iI i t I I IM M f fJ t J rr A 4 RAY AND A DISC FLOWER Of 01 the Enlarged bit Times Irom h by The Tho time necessary tor this Ihl operation yanks from 1 a few hours hourel to a to fe v days In most malt while In others other It may require months TIm Tiff nULE Sow o 11 in the tho aster and In the oth other r the tho pistil a hove above the Iho stamens to M that the pollen dust dusl cannot reach It and tho help hell ot of the insect Js Is necessary Sot Not only do donono none nono of t us live unto ourselves all as the make plaIn but even the cannot do so 80 Janna Hahne Gaye that the he holden colden rule rulo for tor dowers ral Is Oct fertilized I cross 1 It If you can seif It you OU must It Is tho Ins insects that do for tor these flowers what hat the latter cannot do for themselves Creeping insects are artl no not I as 01 Ii a rule rulo useful vial visitors tors for or lowers and various arlous are the devices which the latter exhibit to keep thorn them out But In Insects o of all kinds 1 overt to the tho smallest flies and midgets tot get du dusted led with the pollen anI an carry It from one blos blossom om to 10 another The beautiful of the aster r rh h have e no style Iud and stigma KilIOn hence their eC seeds cannot hl be fertilized but remain sterile while the inner or disc flowers Ita Vera develop declo fertile ferme seeds needs What then Ihen are the lovely ra ray flowers for They tell the beer beel and butterflies that the aster has hili something good for lor thema 1103 drop of nectar at the ba base e ot of each car cor corolla carolla olla tube lube Now since this thle nectar Is of no use to the tho flower liMit itself It must tie put there simply limply to attract the winged to Invite It its II friends to a tenet ot of pollen and nectar for these friends Mende are highly serviceable to the plant The nectar tl is hidden deep down don in III the Ilo flower er amid the tho com Dressed heads head of the composite order sn that ants beetles worms and other creatures without wings cnn can barely It lit at all 1111 reach rench It But Dut the hers bel moths and butterflies push their long tongues down Into the lower flower tubes tube and drink up lP the nectar As the they do so 0 they th Ift covered lIh pollen dust from Ute the stamens which cling around the pistil All bees art are hairy halry the th hairs themselves oct often en being I or webbed while the rough rOJah or spiny pollen polln grains Cling all tha better for tor the various devices or of orth th their I own coverIngs The bee has hila to visit runny flowers ra before tt its crop rop Is filled with nectar and In so doing car carrice rice flu the pollen front Ono one lower to 10 an another another other chiefly n to the same sallO kind of low flow fl 51 on an any one visit and so performs for tor the lower the great service or of sprinkling every pIstil with Ih its 1111 own kind kina of poll pollen groins since any allY other kind would be lI useless elIS The accompanying drawings by th the I pulls of the state normal training school chool wilt make more mere clear the cat matters 11 In the description while u a nb observation of 1 the delicate col colors ors of these Ana Ino weeds neds now covering many of oC our otherwise waste wallo places will amply Justify the words word of the tho thoO poet O t ind Antt still beside the shadowy glen Ahe hol holds the color of th the skies Along the purpling wayside steep She hands her Cringes passing paulna deep Ind e dro In happy happ state re lit by starry eyes efe Slaters by Dora Read Hond Goodale |
