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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



valved and six stamens. These flowers are called by some 

 of the Americans, the White and the Red Death : for what 

 reason so ominous a name is given them, I am unable 

 to determine. Their botanical appellations are Trillium 

 Pictum the white, and Trillium Foetidum the red. Here 



WHITE DEATH FLOWER. 



Trillium Pictum. 



