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Solomon's Seal {Polygonatiim bi/lonim). Lily family. 

 Av. ht. 2 ft.; leaves egg-shaped — oblong, or lance- 

 shaped, practically without stalks. Fruit dark- 

 blue berries with bloom, from axils, one or two on 

 drooping stalks, each 3-celled, i to several seeds. 

 Late summer, early autumn. 



Clintonia Borealis. Lily family. 



Leafless stem under i ft.; leaves, from base of 

 plant, large, oblong or egg-shaped. Fruit a blue 

 berry with many seeds, generally several at top 

 of stem in umbel. Late summer. 



4. Climbing. 



Woodbine. Virginia Creeper {Ampelopsis quinqne- 

 jolia). Vine family. 

 Climbing by tendrils; leaves of 5 leaflets. Fruit 

 a small berry (blue or black) loosely clustered, on 

 stout and stiff red stalks. Autumn. (See illustra- 

 tion under Black Finiit i). 



