WHITE 



til. — One, with three spreading stigmas. Fruit. — A large ovate, somewhat 

 angled, dark purple berry. 



This singularly beautiful flower is found during April and 

 May. Its great white stars gleam from shaded wood borders or 

 from the banks of swift-flowing streams. 



The nodding trillium, T. cer?imifn, bears its smaller white 

 or pinkish blossom in a manner which suggests the may apple, 

 on a stalk so curved as sometimes quite to conceal the flower be- 

 neath the leaves. This is a fragrant and attractive blossom, 

 which may be found in the early year in moist shaded places. 



The painted trillium, T. erythrocarpum, is also less large and 

 showy than the great white trillium, but it is quite as pleasing. 

 Its white petals are painted at their base with red stripes. This 

 species is very plentiful in the Adirondack and Catskill Moun- 

 tains. 



TWIN-LEAF. RHEUMATISM-ROOT. 



Jeffersonia diphylla. Barberry Family. 



A low plant. Leaves. — From the root ; long- stalked ; parted into two 

 rounded leaflets. Scape. — One flowered. Flower. — White ; one inch broad. 

 Sepals. — Four, falling early. Petals. — Eight ; flat, oblong. Stamens. — 

 Eight. Pistil. — One, with a two-lobed stigma. 



The twin-leaf is often found growing with the blood-root in 

 the woods of April or May. It abounds somewhat west and 

 southward. 



CHOKE-CHERRY. 



Pruntis Virgmiana . Rose Family. 



A shrub two to ten feet high. Leaves. — Oval or oblong; abruptly 

 pointed ; sharply toothed. Flcnvers. — White, in erect or spreading racemes 

 terminating leafy branches. Calyx. — Five cleft. Corolla. — Of five spread- 

 ing petals. Stamens. — Fifteen to twenty. Pistil. — One. Fruit. — Round, 

 red or almost black, in drooping clusters. 



In April or May, along the country lane where the oriole 

 flashes in and out among the blossoms, and the blue-bird " with 

 the earth tinge on his breast and the sky tinge on his back," 



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