WHITE 



RUE ANEMONE. 



Ancmonclla thalictroidcs. Crowfoot Family. 



Stem. — Six to twelve inches high. Leaves. — Divided into rounded leaf- 

 lets. Floivers. — White or pinkish ; clustered. Calyx. — Of five to ten petal- 

 like sepals. Corolla. — None. Stamens. — Numerous. Pistils. — Four to fif- 

 teen. 



The rue anemone seems to linger especially about the spread- 

 ing roots of old trees. It blo.ssoms with the wood anemone, 

 from which it differs in bearing its flowers in clusters. 



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STAR-FLOWER. 



Trientalis Americana. Primrose Family. 



Stem. — Smooth ; erect. Leaves. — Thin ; pointed ; whorled at the summit 

 of the stem. L lowers. — White; delicate; star-shaped. Calyx. — (Generally 

 seven-parted. Corolla. — Generally seven-jiarted ; flat; spreading. Stamens. 

 — Pour or five. Pistil. — One. 



Finding this delicate flower in the May woods, one is at once 

 reminded of the anemone. The whole eff'ect of plant, leaf, and 

 snow-white blossom is starry and pointed. The frosted tapering 

 petals distinguish it from the rounded blossoms of the wild straw- 

 berry, near which it often grows. 



Maianthemjim Canadense. Lily Family. 



Stem. — Three to si.x inches high ; with two or three leaves. Leaves. — 

 Lance-shaped to oval ; heart-shaped at base. Flo7oers. — White or straw- 

 color; growing in a raceme. Perianth. — Four-parted. Staviens. — Four. 

 Pistil. — One, with a two-lobed stigma. J'ruit. — A red berry. 



It seems unfair that this familiar and pretty little plant should 

 be without any homely English name.-'^ Its botanical title signi- 

 fies ** -Canada Mayflower," but while undoubtedly it grows in 

 Canada and flowers in May, the name is not a happy one, for it 

 abounds as far south as North Carolina, and is not the first blos- 

 som to be entitled " Mayflower." 



In late summer the red berries are often found in close prox- 

 imity to the fruit of the shin-leaf and pipsissewa. 



* In parts of the country it is called "Wild Lily of the Valley." 



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