Magenta to Pink ■ J 



Calyx 3-cleft ; corolla of 5 concave, rounded, spreading petals ; ] 



10 stamens, the filaments hairy ; style short, conical, with a l 



round stigma. 5/^w ; Trailing far along ground, creeping, or I 



partly subterranean, sending up sterile and flowering branches , 



3 to 10 in. high. Leaves: Opposite or in whorls, evergreen, '■ 



bright, shining, spatulate to lance-shaped, sharply saw-edged. I 

 Preferred Habitat — Dry woods, sandy leaf-mould. 



Flowering Season — ^J une — August. I 



Distribution — British Possessions and the United States north of i 



Georgia from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Also Mexico, Eu- 1 



rope, and Asia. j 



A lover of winter indeed [cheima = winter and phileo — to \ 



love) is the prince's pine, whose beautiful dark leaves keep their 1 



color and gloss in spite of snow and intense cold. A few yards of ! 



the trailing stem, easily ripped from the light soil of its woodland j 



home, make a charming indoor decoration, especially when the 1 



little brown seed-cases remain. Few flowers are more suggestive i 



of the woods than these shy, dainty, deliciously fragrant little ! 



blossoms. ! 



The Spotted Wintergreen, or Pipsissewa (C. maciilaia), \ 

 closely resembles the prince's pine, except that its slightly larger 1 

 white or pinkish flowers lack the deep pink ring ; and the lance- j 

 shaped leaves, with rather distant saw-teeth, are beautifully mot- 

 tled with white along the veins. When we see short-lipped bees •,! 

 and flies about these flowers, we may be sure their pollen-covered '^ 

 mouths come in contact with the moist stigma on the summit of x 

 the little top-shaped style, and so effect cross-fertilization. 



Wild Honeysuckle; Pink, Purple, or Wild 177 



Azalea; Pinxter-fiower I ' 



{Azalea nudiflord) Heath family ■ 



Flowers — Crimson pink, purplish or rose pink, to nearly white, ] 



1^2 to 2 in. across, faintly fragrant, clustered, opening before I 



or with the leaves, and developed from cone-like, scaly brown 

 buds. Calyx minute, 5-parted ; corolla funnel-shaped, the ; 



tube narrow, hairy, with 5 regular, spreading lobes ; 5 long j 



red stamens ; i pistil, declined, protruding. Stem : Shrubby, \ 



usually simple below, but branching above, 2 to 6 ft. high, i 



Leaves: Usually clustered, deciduous, oblong, acute at both ; 



ends, hairy on midrib. ; 



Preferred Habitat — Moist, rocky woods, or dry woods and thickets. 



Florvering Season — April — May. ■ 



Distribution — Maine to Illinois, and southward to the Gulf. ■ 



