WHITE 



WlNTERGREEN. CHECKERBERRY. MOUNTAIN TEA. 

 Gaultheria proc umbens. Heath Family. 



Stem. Three to six inches high, slender, leafy at the summit. Leaves. /"-' 

 Oval, shining, evergreen. Flowers. White, growing from the axils of f* 

 the leaves. Calyx. Five-lobed. Corolla. Urn-shaped, with five small 

 teeth. Stamens. Ten. Pistil. One. Fruit. A globular red berry. 



He who seeks the cool shade of the evergreens on a hot July 

 day is likely to discover the nodding wax-like flowers of this 

 little plant. They are delicate and pretty, with a background 

 of shining leaves. These leaves when young have a pleasant 

 aromatic flavor similar to that of the sweet birch ; they are 

 sometimes used as a substitute for tea. The bright red berries 

 are also edible and savory, and are much appreciated by the 

 hungry birds and deer during the winter. If not thus consumed 

 they remain upon the plant until the following spring when they 

 either drop or rot upon the stem, thus allowing the seeds to es- 

 cape. 



WHITE SWEET CLOVER. WHITE MELILOT. 



Melilotus alba. Pulse Family (p. 16). 



Stem. Two to four feet high. Leaves. Divided into three-toothed leaf- 

 lets. Flowers. Papilionaceous, white, growing in spike-like racemes. 

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Like its yellow sister, M. officinalis, this plant is found blos- 

 soming along the roadsides throughout the summer. The flowers 

 are said to serve as flavoring in Gruyere cheese, snuff, and smok- 

 ing-tobacco, and to act like camphor when packed with furs to 

 preserve them from moths, besides imparting a pleasant fragrance. 



WATERLEAF. 



Hydrophyllum Virginicum. Waterleaf Family. 



One to two feet high. Leaves. Divided into five to seven oblong, pointed, 

 toothed divisions. Flowers. White or purplish, in one-sided raceme-like 

 clusters which are usually coiled from the apex when young. Calyx. Five- 

 parted. Corolla. Five-cleft, bell-shaped. Stamens. Five, protruding. 

 Pistil. One. 



This plant is found flowering in summer in the rich woods. 



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