WHITE 



GOLD THREAD. 



Copt is trifolia. Crowfoot Family. 



Scape. — Slender ; three to five inches high. Leaves. — Evergreen ; shin- 

 ing; divided into three leaflets. Flowers. — White; solitary. Calyx. — Of 

 five to seven petal-like sepals which fall early. Corolla. — (3f five to seven 

 club-shaped petals. Stamens. — Fifteen to twenty-five. Pistils. — Three to 

 seven. Root. — Of long, bright yellow fibres. 



This decorative little plant abundantly cari)ets the northern 

 bogs and extends southward over the mountains. Its delicate 

 flowers appear in May, but its shining, evergreen leaves are 

 noticeable throughout the year. The bright yellow thread-like 

 roots give it its common name. 



EARLY EVERLASTING. PLANTAIN-LEAVED EVER- 

 LASTING. 



Antennaria plantaginifolia. Composite Family. 



Stems. — Downy or woolly, three to eighteen inches high. Leaves. — 

 Silky, woolly when young ; those from the root, oval, three-nerved ; those on 

 the flowering stems, small, lance-shaped. Flowet'- heads. — Crowded; clus- 

 tered ; small ; yellowish-white ; composed entirely of tubular flowers. 



In early spring the hillsides are whitened with this, the earli- 

 est of the everlastings. 



l\ CHOKEBERRY. 



wlA- V, Pyrus arbtitifolia. Rose Family. 



A shrub from one to three feet high. Leaves. — Oblong or somewhat 

 lance-shaped ; finely toothed ; downy beneath. Flojvers. — White or pink- 

 ish ; father small ; clustered. Calyx. — Five-cleft. Corolla. — Of five petals. 

 Stamens — Numerous. Pistil. — One, with two to five styles. Frtiit. — 

 Small, pear-shaped or globular, dark red or blackish. 



Among the earliest shrubs of the year to flower is the choke- 

 berry. Its white or pink blossoms, despite their smaller size, 

 indicate a close kinship to those of the apj)le-tree. They are 

 found during the spring months in swamps and thickets, and 



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