SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



middle April or early May this lush, green border of 

 the woodlands becomes a mass of stems six to twelve 

 inches high, each bearing at its summit a crowded 

 raceme of white, five-pointed, starry flowers. 



Both Mitella and Tiarella are named from the pe- 

 culiar shape of the pod or pistil, which in each resembles 

 a mitre, or bishop's cap. The two plants are usually 

 found together, but the Tiarella blooms a little later 

 than the other and is the more conspicuous of the two. 



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