Identifier: fieldwoodlandpla00furn (find matches)
Title: Field and woodland plants
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Furneaux, William S
Subjects: Wild flowers Shrubs
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green, and Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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our wooded parts, others show a decided parti-ality to particular soils, being found exclusively, or almost so,either in sandy woods, clayey woods, or woods in limestone dis-tricts, &c. In fact, the nature of the soil is such an importantfactor in determining plant distribution that we naturally associatemany species with the particular rock strata on which we almostinvariably find them. 80 intimately is the distribution of plants connected with thatof the geological strata that when, in the course of a days ramble,we find a more or less sudden change in the nature of the flora, wemay be almost sure that there is a corresponding change in thenature of the rocks or soil over which we have strayed; and theyoung botanist will find much to interest him in the study of thisrelation between vegetable life and geological structure. Of coursewe do not mean that the botanist must necessarily be also a geologist,but that he should, at least, be always ready to observe the nature of 3. 4. 5.
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Plate VIII. FLOWERS OF CHALKY SOILS. 1. Red Valerian. 4. Spiked SpeedweU. 2. Narrow-leaved Flax. 5. Pasque Flower. 3. Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch. 6. Bee Orchis. 7. Yellow Oat Grass. ON THE CHALK 297 the habitats of the flowers he finds, noting particularly the kindof soil on which they grow. Chalky districts are notably attractive to the lover of flowers;for, not only do they yield a number of species that are almostessentially the oftspring of calcareous soils, but also produce otherblossoms, often in rich profusion, that are less restricted in theirhabitats. In the present chajiter we shall note the principal flowers thatgrow principally orentirely in calcareousdistricts, the firstbeing the PasqueFlower (AnemonePulsatilla—orderBanunculacece), rare,it is true, but toobeautiful to hi-omitted from ourselection. Thisflower, shown onPlate VIII, Fig. 5,may be seen on somechalky hills duringMay and June. Itis of a silky nature,and the lovely purpleblossoms often reaclia diameter of an incha

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