MAY, JUNE, AND JULY. 



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the flower at this period, in my opinion, merits this 

 appropriate name. The plant attains a height of 

 from one to three feet. 



Shin-Leaf. The eupho- 



Pyvola elliptica. ^^^^^^ j^^^^j^ 



shin-leaf was tacked on the 

 pretty Pyrola for a reason 

 which one may readily 

 guess ; — the leaves were 

 used as a cure for bruises. 

 From the days of my early 

 youth the name " shin-plas- 

 ter" has been familiar as 

 it must be to every New 

 York boy of some years 

 ago. I remember that my 

 father called court-plaster, 

 or in fact anything of the 

 kind, without discrimina- 

 tion, either shin-plaster or 

 sticking plaster. So the 

 pretty flower suffers by rea- 

 son of an old custom. The 

 Pyrola grows about six 

 inches high, is found in woody dells, or damp, shady 

 byways, and flowers in June and July. Its leaves 

 are olive-green, and the blossoms are greenish white. 



Pyrola. 



