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language, and it seems to me that no more fitting title could 

 be bestowed upon the Clintonia uniflora, with its great shin- 

 ing leaves, amongst which are set the pure white chalices of 

 its blossoms, than Queen-cup, the queen of all the snowy 

 flower-cups of the alpine forests. 



FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL 



Smilacina amplexicaulis. Lily Family ^ 



Stems: stout, ascending,, leafy. Leaves: oval, clasping, acuminate, 

 their margins minutely ciliate. Flowers: panicle densely flowered; 

 perianth-segments oblong. Fruit: red aromatic berry, flecked with 

 purple. 



The long leafy wands of the False Solomon's Seal are 

 exceedingly attractive, with their handsome terminal clus- 

 ters of little creamy blossoms that look like feathery plumes 

 as they wave gently to and fro in the soft summer breeze 

 and cast their faint fragrance across the woods. Very 

 handsome, too, are the leaves of this large plant. Why it 

 is banned with such a base name as False Solomon's Seal 

 I do not know. There is nothing " false " about it except 

 its name ; and while its luxuriant broad foliage resembles 

 that of both the True Solomon's Seal and the Twisted-stalk, 

 still its flowers are entirely different, growing in close ter- 

 minal panicles, whereas those of the other plants mentioned 

 grow in small individual bells from the axils of the leaves. 

 However, False Solomon's Seal is its name, and by such 

 it is known all over the world. 



Smilacina stcllata, or Star-flowered Solomon's Seal, looks 

 to ordinary eyes very like a wild Lily-of-the- Valley, and 

 grows near the banks of mountain streams and in the moist 



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meadows. It is a lovely plant, stands up very stiff and 



