10 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



stand in commemoration of our Dutch ancestors ? 

 In early spring the dainty flower 

 lines every wooded bank which 

 slopes toward the Hudson River. 

 A close relative of Dicentra 

 cucullaria is another little 

 spring plant called squirrel 

 corn (Dicentra Canaden- 

 sis) ; this bears little two- 

 spurred, heart - shaped, 

 greenish white flowers 

 tinged with pink, which 

 are sweet-scented. We 

 will find the squirrel corn 

 only on the borders of rich 

 woods in the North ; the foliage is 

 like that of its relative, and its roots 

 bear tiny tubers resembling grains of 

 corn (see my sketch of four tubers). 

 It blooms throughout April. 



Still another early spring flower is 

 the wild ginger (Asarum Canadense). 

 We will find this plant on the edge of 

 the wood that flanks the hillside. 

 The solitary flower is dull madder 

 brown, and is seen close to the ground 

 where the two leafstems rise to the large furry leaves 



Squirrel Corn. 



