WOODRUFF 



Woodruff (Asperula odorata, L.) 



This charming flower spreads its sweet odour of new-mown hay 

 over the countries of the North Temperate Zone, in Europe, North 

 Africa, Siberia, and Western Asia. It is not known earlier than the 

 present day so far. In Great Britain Woodruff occurs generally, but 



Photo. Flatters & Garnett 



WOODRUFF (Asperula odorata, L.) 



not in Hunts, Mid Lanes, Isle of Man, Stirling, Mid Perth, N. Perth, 

 the Hebrides, or the Orkneys. In Scotland it is found at a height 

 of 1 200 ft. 



Woodruff is entirely a woodland species, luxuriating in the shade 

 under thickly-clustered trees or peeping from between them in the 

 open pathways or rides. With it we may find Sweet Violet, Wood 

 Sorrel, Strawberry, Honeysuckle, Primrose, Wood Loosestrife, Lung- 

 wort, Wood Forget-me-not, and many other plants of the woods. 



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