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penetrate the shady vistas where they grow, and 

 the visitors appear to get both nectar and pollen in 

 exchange for their services in carrying the pollen 

 from flower to flower. The species is a northern 

 form, as its technical name, Clintonia borealis, 

 indicates : it extends southward as far as North 

 Carolina and Wisconsin. 



The White Clintonia is a less widely distributed 

 species, with smaller erect flowers and black ber- 

 ries, which is found as far north as New Jersey 

 and New York and as far south as Georgia and 

 Tennessee. It blossoms during May and June 

 and commonly has more flowers upon a single 

 central stalk than does the Yellow Clintonia. 



FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL. The Wild Spike- 

 nard or False Solomon's Seal differs strikingly 

 in appearance from the true Solomon's Seal. It 

 has a conspicuous panicle of many small white 

 blossoms on the end of the main stalk beyond 

 the leaves. It grows in the same shrubby thickets 

 or woodland borders where the Solomon's Seal 

 is found and is distributed over much the same 

 geographical regions. It is pollenized by small 

 bees that gather some of the abundant pollen. 

 This is a widely distributed species, extending 

 over practically the whole of eastern North 

 America. 



The Star-flowered Solomon's Seal is a some- 

 what similar plant which in some of the eastern 



