228 Pink to Red Flowers 



damp spot to a dry one, the Bog Wintergreen grows in close 

 companionship with the lovely One-flowered Wintergreen, 

 the Long-bracted Orchis, and the Bntterwort; and if you 

 know the 



" Secret paths that thread the forest land," 



you may find them in profusion, mingled at your feet by 

 happy chances, a gay holiday throng. 



Pyrola asarifolia var. mcarnata, or Red Wintergreen, 

 has broadly oval leaves, rounded at the base, which are dull, 

 thick and blunt at both ends. The rose-red flowers nod in 

 a slender raceme and the style and stamens are declined. 

 The chief difference between this species and Pyrola asari- 

 folia is that its leaves are quite dull, almost leathery, while 

 those of the Red Wintergreen are polished and shining. 



. SMOOTH MENZIESIA 



Menziesla glabella. Heath Family 



Leaves: alternate, obovate, obtuse and glandular-mucronate at the 

 apex, pale glaucous and glabrous beneath, sparingly pubescent above, 

 the margins entire, crenulate, ciliolate. Flowers: one to five in um- 

 bels, cream and pink, spreading, becoming erect; calyx five-lobed; 

 corolla urn-shaped, four toothed; stamens eight, included. Fruit: seeds 

 long-appendaged at each end. 



If you wish to be quite certain that the shrub before you 

 is really Menziesla glabella, just break off a branch and 

 smell it, and you will at once perceive the peculiar pungent 

 odour of the skunk emanating from its stems and foliage. 

 The bush grows erect to the height of six feet and bears 

 abundant foliage. The leaves are small, oval, and pale 

 green, and have even wavy hairy margins. The flowers are 

 little roundish pink and creamy urn-shaped bells, which ter- 

 minate the long slender stalks, and are four-lobed, having 



