HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



False Solomon's-Seal, VagJicra. — Pale, translucent, and 

 pearly, speckled with red; small, clustered at tips 

 of stems. 



Flower of May, Maianthcmum. — Pale pearl, speckled 

 with red; clustered in a lengthened raceme at 

 summit of stem. Plant three to six inches high. 



Ginseng, Panax. — Bright crimson, in umbels. 



Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Ariscsma. — In September one comes 

 upon a ball of briUiant scarlet berries, borne at the 

 summit of a stiff drying stem, the contribution of 

 Jack to the world. "There is nothing translucent 

 in the glossy vermilion club-clusters of Jack-in- 

 the-Pulpit. This plant that seemed so averse to 

 color that it showed no more than green and 

 brown in its vernal spathes, now fairly dazzles 

 with its red richness." 



Nightshade, Solaniim. — Bright, shining scarlet. 



Red Baneberry, Actcea. — Cherry-red, oval berries in a 

 short terminal raceme. 



Skunk Cabbage, Spathyema. — Globular mass at the 

 base of stalk filled with large, red, shining ball- 

 hke seeds. 



Trilliums, Trillium. — All have rather large, ovate, 

 many-seeded berries of dark red, borne at tips of 

 stems. 



Twisted Stalk, Streptopus. — Red oval berry on slender 

 stem, in the axils of the leaves. 



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