WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 



It has from four to six scale-like petals and from two 

 to four early falling white sepals. The short, thick 

 pistil is surrounded with usually ten stamens. After 

 the flower matures, it becomes erect for the seeds to 

 ripen. It is found commonly in dark, rich woods, 

 from June to August, and from one end of the country 

 to the other, also in Japan. Sometimes the entire plant 

 is tinted with pink. 



WHITE AZALEA. SWAMP PINK. SWAMP 

 HONEYSUCKLE. CLAMMY AZALEA 



Rhododendron viscosum. Heath Family. 



This species closely resembles the Pink Azalea and 

 grows from four to eight feet high. It is found only in 

 swamps and low, wet places during June and July. 

 The smaller flowers are deliciously fragrant, far more 

 so than those of the Pink species. The plant is more 

 hairy, and the tube of corolla is covered with very 

 sticky, brownish red hairs. It does not become fully 

 flowered until its foliage has well expanded. It is not 

 quite so leafy as the above plant, but is perhaps more 

 branchy. The long, oval leaf becomes wider toward the 

 bluntly pointed tip and narrows to a very short stem. 

 The upper surface is glossy and nearly smooth. The 

 leaves grow in clusters. The beautiful flowers are pure 

 white or occasionally faintly tinted with pink, and the 

 long, yellow tipped, white stamens are very prominent. 

 The calyx is very small and hardly noticeable. The 

 Swamp Pink bears the same peculiar juicy pulps 

 among its lovely flowers, known as May or Swamp 



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