GREEN 



SWAMP SAXIFRAGE. . . >-< -^^//o. 



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Saxifraga Pennsylvanica. Saxifrage Family. 



One to two feet high. Leaves, — Four to eight inches long ; obscurely 

 toothed; narrowed at base into a broad short stem. Flozuers. — Small; 

 greenish or reddish ; in a large cluster. Calyx. — Five-parted. Corolla. — 

 Of five petals. Stamens. — Ten. Pistil. — One, with two styles. 



In boggy meadows and along water-courses this plant is con- 

 spicuous in spring. Oftentimes its leaf-stalks as well as its flowers 

 are noticeably tinged with red. 



BITTER-SWEET. WAX-WORK. 



Celastriis scandens. StafT-tree Family. 



Stem. — Woody; twining. Leaves. — Alternate; oblong; finely toothed ; 

 pointed. Flozvers. — Small ; greenish or cream-color ; in raceme-like clusters ; 

 appearing in June. Pod. — Orange-colored; globular and berry-like ; curl- 

 ing back in three divisions when ripe so as to display the scarlet covering of 

 the seeds within. 



The small flowers of the bitter-sweet, which appear in June, 

 rarely attract attention. But in October no lover of color can 

 fail to admire the deep orange pods which at last curl back so as 

 advantageously to display the brilliant scarlet covering of the 

 seeds. Perhaps we have no fruit which illuminates more vividly 

 the roadside thicket of late autumn ; or touches with greater 

 warmth those tumbled, overgrown walls which are so picturesque 

 a feature in parts of the country, and do in a small way for our 

 quiet landscapes what vine-covered ruins accomplish for the 

 scenery of the Old World. 



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