Dwarf Cornel and Leaves of Clintonia 



Two Flowers Not to be Overlooked. 



Two other delicate flowers the nature lover will not pass 

 by the deiicate white starflower and the fragrant Linnaea. 

 The Linnaea is a delicate trailing vine carrying an abundance 

 of small pink bells. The pretty flower is named in honor of 

 the great Swedish botanist Linnaeus, who discovered it on a 

 botanizing trip to Lapland and arctic Norway, and was de- 

 lighted with its fragrance and exquisite beauty. 



Another flower that will even strike the casual observer as 

 peculiar to the North woods is the Clintonia. In contrast to 

 many of the Northern woodland flowers this is a vigorous 

 plant with two smooth leaves and a scape of pale greenish- 

 yellow flowers. 



While is by far the most predominating color of the North 

 woods flowers. Cornel, smilax, white star, Labradore tea, 

 mountain ash, shadbush and thimble berry all deck them- 



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