20 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



the tiny white flow- 

 ers are rather insig- 

 nificant ; they are 

 five- pointed, like a 

 star, with a touch of 

 yellow in the center ; later 

 on, when the pods appear, 

 they contribute a bit of 

 rich brown to tlie little 

 plant. Gray says purple, 

 but the color is rather a 

 madder-brown. The name 

 means rock-breaker. 



The larse 

 Large White 



Trillium. 



Early Saxifrage. 



Trillium 



grandiflorum 



white trilli- 



um is considered the finest of all the 

 trilliums ; it is certainly a lovely 

 waxy white in color, but inclined tpward a pinkish 

 tint as it grows older. It is distinctively a woodland 



lily, which keeps 

 clear of the mod- 

 erate sunshine of 

 April. The flower 

 has three long white 

 petals without the 

 marking shown in 

 my drawing of the 



1^ -- 



Leaf of large White Trillium. 



