WHITE 



CREEPING SNOWBERRY. 



Chiogenes serpyllifolia. Heath Family. 



Stem. Slender, trailing and creeping. Leaves. Evergreen, small, 

 ovate, pointed. Flowers. Small, white, solitary from the axils of the 

 leaves. Calyx. Four-parted, with four large bracelets beneath. Corolla. 

 Deeply four-parted. Stamens. Eight. Pistil. One. Fruit. A pure 

 white berry. 



This pretty little creeper is found blossoming in May in the 

 peat-bogs and mossy woods of the North. It is only conspicu- 

 ous when hung with its snow-white berries in late summer. It 

 has the aromatic flavor of the wintergreen. 



BEARBERRY. 



Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi. Heath Family. 



A trailing shrub. Leaves. Thick and evergreen, smooth, somewhat 

 wedge-shaped. Flowers. Whitish, clustered. Calyx. Small. Corolla. 

 Urn-shaped, five-toothed. Stamens. Ten. Pistil. One. Fruit. 

 Red, berry-like. 



This plant blossoms in May, and is found on rocky hillsides. 

 Its name refers to the relish with which bears are supposed to 

 devour its fruit. 



FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL. 



Smilacina racemosa. Lily Family. 



Stem. Usually curving, one to three feet long. Leaves. Oblong, veiny. 

 Flowers. Greenish-white, small, in a terminal raceme. Perianth. Six- 

 parted. Stamens. Six. Pistil. One. Fruit. A pale red berry speckled 

 with purple. 



A singular lack of imagination is betrayed in the common 

 name of this plant. Despite a general resemblance to the true 

 Solomon's seal, and the close proximity in which the two are 

 constantly found, S. racemosa, has enough originality to deserve 

 an individual title. The position of the much smaller flowers is 

 markedly different. Instead of drooping beneath the stem they 

 terminate it, having frequently a pleasant fragrance, while the 

 berries of late summer are pale red, flecked with purple. It puz- 

 zles one to understand why these two plants should so constantly 

 be found growing side by side so close at times that they al- 

 most appear to spring from one point. The generic name is 



