Rural School Leaflet 



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Solomon's seal. — The Solomon's seal is a perennial herb, with simple 

 stem from creeping, .knotted rootstocks, naked below, bearing above 

 nearly sessile or half -clasping, nerved leaves and axillary, nodding, green- 

 ish flowers. The perianth is cylindrical and six-lobed at the summit. 

 There are six stamens. 



The Solomon's seal takes its name from the scars of preceding stalks 

 on the long, running rootstock. It belongs to the lily family and has 

 for its near kin the lily, wake-robin, lily of the valley, asparagus, dog's- 

 tooth violet, onion, and garlic. In the false Solomon's seal the blossoms 

 are borne at the end of the stalk instead of in the axils of the leaves. 



Honeysuckle. — The honeysuckle is an erect or climbing shrub, with 

 entire leaves, calyx teeth very short, and corolla tubular, funnel-form, 

 more or less irregular, and often swollen on one side. The corolla is 

 five-lobed, with five stamens inserted on the tube. The flowers are often 

 showy and fragrant. The fruit, a one- to several-seeded berry, is often 

 formed by the ovaries of two adjacent flowers. 



There are about one hundred species of honeysuckle in the North 

 Temperate Zone, and a few species in tropical regions. The purple or 

 pink azalea is sometimes called the wild honeysuckle, but this belongs to 

 the heath family. 



In the honeysuckle family we find the American and red-berried elder, 

 hobble-bush, cranberry tree, maple-leaved arrow- wood, nannyberry, 

 black haw, horse gentian, American twin-flower, and snowberry. 



Honeysuckle 



