Thoreau's Wildflowers by Henry D. Thoreau

Author:Henry D. Thoreau [Thoreau, Henry D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016-04-16T23:00:00+00:00

bull thistle (spear thistle, Cirsium lanceolatum=C. vulgare)

The farmer accustomed to look at his crops from a mercenary point of view is not aware how beautiful they are. This prospect was really exciting even as a rainbow is.

JULY 23, 1853

About the water further north the elodea [marsh St. John’s-wort, Triadenum virginicum] is very common, and there too the rhexia is seen afar on the islets—its brilliant red like a rose. It is fitly called meadow beauty. Is it not the handsomest and most striking and brilliant flower since roses and lilies began? Blue vervain out some days.

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