38 WHITE TO GREEN 



CREEPING RASPBERRY 



Riiiuis pcdaiiis. Rose Family 



Stems: trailing, filiform, rooting at the nodes, pubescent. Leaves: tri- 

 foliolate; leaflets cmieate-obovate, incised, serrate. Flowers: solitary on 

 long slender pedicels; sepals nearly glabrous, entire, exceeding the petals. 

 Fruit: large red juicy drupelets. 



A charming little vine that trails over the rocks and creeps 

 along the ground, gemming the moss with its starry five- 

 petalled white flowers, in the centre of each of which grow 

 many fine yellow-tipped stamens. The leaves are divided into 

 three (or very rarely five) leaflets, which are coarsely toothed 

 at the edges. The fruit consists of a cluster of from three to 

 six red juicy globules, pressed together and held in a cup of 

 tiny green leaves. The long lithe strands of this pretty, deli- 

 cate vine are most decorative, as many white flowers and 

 scarlet fruits may be gathered at the same time upon a single 

 trailing branch. 



WHITE DRYAS 



D)yas flctopctala. Rose Family 



Steins: prostrate, woody at the base, branched. Leaves: oblong-ovate, 

 coarsely crenate-toothed, obtuse at each end, green and glabrous above, 

 den.sely white-canescent beneath, the veins prominent. Flowers: white. 

 Fruit: plumo.se, conspicuous. 



These beautiful white-cupped flowers grow close to the 

 ground, generally in dry sandy or rocky j^laces. They do 

 not always have eight petals, as their name would indicate, 

 but may I)e found with from si.x to twelve on a single flower. 

 The name Dryas is from the Latin, signifying "a wood- 

 nymph," and certainly the velvety petals of this dainty plant, 

 growing amid a mass of silver-backed leaves, are sufficiently 

 exquisite to warrant tlic appellation. 



