WHITE 



rounded flower clusters. Later in the year its umbels of dark 

 blue or purple fruit are even more noticeable than were the 

 blossoms. 



CANADA VIOLET. 



Viola Canadensis. Violet Family. 



Stem. — Leafy ; upright ; one to two feet high. Leaves. — Heart-shaped ; 

 pointed; toothed. Flowers. — White, veined with purple, violet beneath, 

 otherwise greatly resembling the common blue violet. 



We associate the violet with the early year, but I have found 

 the delicate fragrant flowers of this species blossoming high up 

 on the Catskill Mountains late into September ; and have known 

 them to continue to appear in a New York city-garden into No- 

 vember. They are among the loveliest of the family, having a 

 certain sprightly self-assertion which is peculiarly charming, per- 

 haps because so unexpected. 



The tiny sweet white violet, V. bla?ida, with brown or pur- 

 ple veins, which is found in nearly all low, wet, woody places in 

 spring, is perhaps the only uniformly fragrant member of the 

 family, and its scent, though sweet, is faint and elusive. 



The lance-leaved violet, V. la?iceolafa, is another white 

 species which is easily distinguished by its smooth lance-shaped 

 leaves, quite unlike those of the common violet. It is found in 

 damp soil, especially eastward. 



CREEPING SNOWBERRY. 



Chiogenes serpyllifolia. Heath Family. 



Stem. — Slender; trailing and creeping. Leaves. — Evergreen: small; 

 ovate; pointed. Flowers. — Small; white; solitary from the axils of the 

 leaves. Calyx. — P'our-parted ; with four large bractlets beneath. Corolla. 

 — Deeply four-parted. Stamens. — Eight. Pistil. — One. Fruit. — A pure 

 white berry. 



One must look in May for the flower of tliis ])lant ; but it is 

 late in the summer when the beautiful little creeper especially 

 challenges our admiration. Studded with snow-white berries, it 

 nearly covers some decaying log which has fallen into a lonely 



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