May and Early June 



divided leaves, and veined, delicately 

 canopied pulpits, quaint Jacks-in-the-pul- 

 pit erect themselves. Here the pink 

 bells of the twisted-stalk, and the straw- 

 colored ones of its kinsman, Solomon's 

 seal, are hanging from their curved, leafy 

 stems. Close to the latter, grows its con- 

 stant companion, the false Solomon's 

 seal, bearing its greenish, somewhat fra- 

 grant flowers in a terminal plume, and a 

 near relative (all four belonging to the 

 Lily family), the yet unchristened Maian- 

 themiim, with one or two smooth green 

 leaves, and a low cluster of whitish 

 flowers. The baneberry and foam-^'^'T<-r^ 

 flower, too, bear their small white blos- 

 soms in soft pyramids at the tips of 

 their stems, the former growing to a 

 height of two feet, and being easily rec- 

 ognized by its divided leaves, those of 

 the latter being heart-shaped and sharp- 

 ly lobed. 



Above its pure flower the green umbrellas 

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