TRADE3CANTIA, 



ViRGiNiCA Spiderwort 



ROSEA Spiderwort 



piLOS A Spiderwort 



A genus of plants, showing variety in leaf and 

 habit. They have been much improved by cul- 

 tivation. Named for John Tradescant, a noted 

 gardener to Charles I of England. Flowers 

 visited by the Papillo butterflies and humming birds. 



TRILLIUM, 



GRANDiFOLiUM White Nightshade 



SESSii^E Wake Robin 



EREOTUM Birthroot 



ERYTHROCARPUM Painted Trillium 



CERNUM Nodding Trillium 



NiVALE Dwarf Trillium 



MansfieIvDII Lobed Trillium 



Several species have two and three stems from 

 the same root, and some flowers are double, 

 in which the various organs have reverted to 

 leafy bracts, showing several whorls of pure 

 white petals. Eiiorts have been made to dis- 

 cover our native plants and this genus has been 

 called a "native," but about as much progress 

 has been made as in the discovery of our native 

 inhabitants. Adventurers, tourists and emi- 

 grants both of flowering plants and men, have 

 settled in our county and become naturalized 

 citizens, but we are forced to conclude that 

 plants Hke men had one common origin. The 

 last species was named by Prof. Lesquereux, 

 showing each petal three lobed, like the liver- 

 leaf. Variation in these species have been com- 

 pared for many years, and they do not revert 

 to the parent form, the tendency to variation is 

 continuous. 



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