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possibility of a Trinity in Unity from the three-divided leaves. 

 By many thh ternate leaf has been considered the shamrock of 

 the ancient Irish. 



The English title, " cuckoo -bread," refers to the appearance 

 01" the blossoms at the season when the cry of the cuckoo is first 

 heard. 



Our name sorrel is from the Greek for sour and has reference 

 to the acrid juice of the plant. The delicate leaflets " sleep " at 

 night. That is, they droop and close one against another. 



SWEET CICELY. 



Osmorrhiza longistylis. Parsley Family. 



One to th ee feet high. Root, Thick; aromatic; edibie. Leaves,- 

 Twice or thrice-compound. Flowers, White \ small ; growing in a some- 

 what flat-topped cluster. 



This is one of the earliest- flowering of the white Parsleys. 

 Its roots are prized by country children for their pleasant flavor. 

 Great care should be taken not to confound this plant with the 

 water -hemlock, which is very poisonous, and which it greatly 

 resembles, although flowering earlier in the year. The generic 

 name is from two Greek words which signify scent and root. 



WHITE SWAMP HONEYSUCKLE. CLAMMY AZALEA. 



[PI XXIII 



Rhododendron viscosum. Heath Family. 



A shrub from three to ten feet high. Leaves, Oblong. Flowers, 

 White ; clustered ; appearing after the leaves. Calyx-lobes. Minute. Co- 

 rolla. White; five-lobed; the clammy tube much longer than the lobes. 

 Stamens, Usually five ; protruding. Pistil. One; protruding. 



The fragrant white flowers of this beautiful shrub appear in 

 early summer along the swamps which skirt the coast, and occa- 

 sionally farther inland. The close family resemblance to the 

 pink azalea (PI. XCII.) will be at once detected. On the 

 branches of both species will be found those abnormal fleshy 

 growths, called variously < swamp apples ' ' and * ' May apples, ' ' 



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