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ries to tell the plant's name all Summer, as they 

 turn from light green through red to dark purple. 



As for Medeola's companion in damp woods, 

 the slender -stemmed Trientalis or Starflower, cousin 

 of Loosestrife's, it 

 springs up as if stretch- 

 ing to reach the light, 

 throws out a wheel of 

 leaves, a few star- 

 shaped pale flowers , 

 which so resemble the 

 Chickweeds as to win 

 for it the local name 

 of Chickweed Winter - 

 green, and vanishes 

 again, having no tint 

 of leaf, flower or berry 

 to win for it a place 

 in the wood - land- 

 scape. 



Now also the Smooth Sweet Cicely, with its 

 much -compounded leaves and flat clusters of fine 

 white flowers like all the Parsley tribe, lures 

 children to the woods to dig its pungent root, 

 dire mischief sometimes following, for its com- 

 panion in -moist, shady ground is often the deadly 



