WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



by small, round, dark blue berries. At this season, the 

 foliage turns to a beautiful red or scarlet and is very 

 attractive and greatly admired. The Virginia Creeper 

 sprawls over everything within its reach, and is exten- 

 sively cultivated about the porches and fences of subur- 

 ban homes. The berry is not edible. This vine is 

 common in woods and thickets from Quebec to Mani- 

 toba, Florida, Texas and Mexico. 



SWEET WHITE VIOLET 



Viola blanda. Violet Family. 



"The dearest violet of all," observes Neltje Blanchan. 

 Surely a more charming and appropriate comment on 

 the Sweet White Violet would be difficult to imagine, 

 for the very modesty and nature of this dainty little 

 queen of Violets defies the effort. If it is true that the 

 Violets are steeped in the bluest blood of royalty, then 

 it must be true also that this particular Violet is mistress 

 of them all. Its exclusive air of refinement, its exquisite 

 race, its delicate fragrance, even its robe of ermine 

 petals, all tend to betray its dignity. In low, damp, 

 open woods, or wet meadows and swamps, where few 

 flowers are wont to dwell, this tiny reflection of love and 

 simplicity waifs, with becoming stateliness, to greet us 

 during April and May. It is one of the smallest, if 

 not the smallest of the Violets, and is also one of the 

 earliest to be found in blossom. The uniformly sweet- 

 scented flower has five white petals. The upper pair 

 are often long, narrow and decidedly recurved. It is 

 usually beardless and has a short spur. The lower 



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