WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 



same time, too, when old King George the Third unwit- 

 tingly assisted in creating the greatest tea-party at Bos- 

 ton Harbour that the world has ever known. The 

 astringent roots possess some medicinal qualities, and 

 they also yield a brown dye. It is a small, shrubby, 

 branching species, with a whitish, powdery bloom, and 

 its leafy stalk rises two or three feet high from a deep, 

 reddish root. The pointed, oval leaf is set alternately 

 upon the stalk with short stems. The hairy surface is 

 creased with three ribs and its edges are finely toothed. 

 Numerous tiny, white or creamy white flowers are 

 densely crowded into oblong, terminal clusters. They 

 are composed of five petals, and have long, slender 

 stems, and possess a faint fragrance. It ranges from 

 Ontario and Manitoba to Florida and Texas, in dry, 

 open woods, where it blossoms from May to July. 



VIRGINIA CREEPER. AMERICAN IVY 



Psedera quinquefolia. Grape Family. 



The name Woodbine is very frequently misapplied 

 to this high climbing or trailing vine with its numerous 

 tendrils. It is commonly confused with the Poison 

 Ivy, but can be easily distinguished by its five-parted 

 leaf, while the leaf of the latter is three-parted. The 

 short-stemmed leaflets are elliptical in shape with taper- 

 ing points, and the outer half is coarsely toothed. The 

 surface is usually smooth, and the colour is dark green 

 above and lighter underneath. The insignificant 

 yellowish green flowers grow in irregular, broadly 

 branching clusters. These are succeeded in the fall 



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