MUSTARD BARBERRY, SPIDER- 

 WORT AND PHLOX FAMILIES 



The Toothworts are attractive spring flowers 

 belonging to the Mustard Family (Cruciferce), 

 which are often found growing abundantly in 

 cool, damp woods. The perennial rootstocks 

 have a peppery taste, which has given the plants 

 the general name Pepper-root. In the Cut-leaved 

 Toothwort the flowers vary from white to pink, 

 while in the Two-leaved Toothwort they are 

 white. 



The May Apple or Wild Mandrake is known 

 to everyone throughout its range, although it is 

 not so generally known that the curious plant 

 belongs to the Barberry family (Berberidacecu). 

 The interesting umbrella-like leaves of the plant 

 at once distinguish it, as does also the good-sized 

 white flower nodding from the fork between the 

 leaves. The blossom seems to be devoid of nectar 

 and is seldom visited by insects. 



Spider WORT. In New England and some 

 other regions that have long been occupied by the 

 white man clumps of Spiderwort along the road- 

 sides often mark the site of an old building whose 

 former presence is shown only in the ruins of a 

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