LILY FAMILY. Liliaceee. 



Clintonia 



Clintonia 



borealis 



Cream-color, 



greenish 



June-early 



July 



A handsome woodland plant with from 

 two to four (usually three) shiny, light 

 green, large oval-oblong leaves ; a slender 

 flower-stalk, about 7 inches high, bears 

 from three to six cream-colored drooping 

 flowers greenish on the -outside. The 

 flower is formed of six distinct sepals, and 

 is perfect, having six stamens and a pistil ; its form is 

 lilylike and dainty. It was named for DeWitt Clinton, 

 once governor of New York. It unfortunately lacks 

 odor and color to make it perfectly attractive, but it is 

 not without a subtle and delicate grace. The berries, 

 which are ripe about the middle of August, turn a beau- 

 tiful pure blue, a color devoid of any purplish tinge, and 

 therefore one which is rare and remarkable in nature. 

 Prussian blue mixed with a little white will exactly 

 match the unique color of the Clintonia berry. The 

 plant grows 6-16 inches high, and is common in the 

 northern woods, especially where they are cold and 

 moist. Me., south to N. C, and west to Minn. 



A far less common species, with a woolly 

 umbellate flower-stem, and flowers half the size of 



White, spotted those of the foregoing species, borne in a 

 May-June thick cluster. The flowers are also very 



different in color ; they are mostly white 

 speckled with madder purple, and possess a sweet odor. 

 The berries are globular and black. Height 8-22 inches. 

 Rich woods of the Alleghanies from N. Y. to Ga. ; not 

 in New Eng. 



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