MADDER FAMILY 



the reason, it comes. A pattern Intricately traced of 

 stems bearing opposite, orbicular leaves, lies flat upon 

 the ground, and here and there among the prostrate 

 foliage are bright scarlet twin berries, beautiful, deco- 

 rative, and tasteless. If one is fortunate, sometime be- 

 tween June and September one may discover the 



Partridge Berry. Mitchella ripens 



white twin flowers which produce this beautiful berry, 

 but the berry itself is in evidence all the year; it knows 

 no seasons. You will find it in midsummer, the 

 leaves of autumn drift over it, you may dig it out 

 from under the snow, it smiles up to you in the sun- 

 light of April. 



The plant is one of our smallest, prettiest, and most 

 abundant of creeping herbs, whose evergreen leaves, 

 fragrant twin flowers, and unusual berries make it 

 an object of more than passing interest; once seen it 

 is rarely forgotten. 



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