WHITE 



RUE ANEMONE. 



Anemonella thalictroides. Crowfoot Family. 



Stem. Six to twelve inches high. Leaves. Divided into rounded leaf- 

 lets. Flowers. White or pinkish ; clustered. Calyx. Of five to ten petal- 

 like sepals. Corolla. None. Stamens. Numerous. Pistils. Four to fif- 

 teen. 



The rue anemone seems to linger especially about the spread- 

 ing roots of old trees. It blossoms with the wood anemone, 

 from which it differs in bearing its flowers in clusters. 



STAR-FLOWER. 



Trienialis Americana. Primrose Family. 



Stem. Smooth; erect. Leaves. Thin; pointed; whorled at the summit 

 of the stem. Flowers. White; delicate; star-shaped. Calyx. Generally 

 seven-parted. Corolla. Generally seven-parted ; flat ; spreading. Stamens. 

 Four or five. Pistil. One. 



Finding this delicate flower in the May woods, one is at once 

 reminded of the anemone. The whole effect of plant, leaf, and 

 snow-white blossom is starry and pointed. The frosted tapering 

 petals distinguish it from the rounded blossoms of the wild straw- 

 berry, near which it often grows. 



Maianthemum Canadense. Lily Family. 



Stem. Three to six inches high ; with two or three leaves. Leaves. 

 Lance-shaped to oval; heart-shaped at base. Flowers. White or straw- 

 color; growing in a raceme. Perianth. Four-parted. Stamens. Four. 

 Pistil. One, with a two-lobed stigma. Fruit. A red berry. 



It seems unfair that this familiar and pretty little plant should 

 be without any homely English name.* Its botanical title signi- 

 fies " Canada Mayflower," but while undoubtedly it grows in 

 Canada and flowers in May, the name is not a happy one, for it 

 abounds as far south as North Carolina, and is not the first blos- 

 som to be entitled " Mayflower." 



In late summer the red berries are often found in close prox- 

 imity to the fruit of the shin-leaf and pipsissewa. 



* In parts of the country it is called " Wild Lily of the Valley." 

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