150 White to Green and Brown Flowers 



stamens not exserted. Fruit: a globose purple berry, pulpy, the calyx 

 persistent on its summit, sparingly bristly or often glabrous. 



The bush on which this Bristly Gooseberry grows is found 

 in the shady woods, and attains an average height of three 

 feet. The flowers are greenish-white and very insignificant, 

 and the fruit consists of a small purple pulpy berry, which is 

 sweet to the taste. 



Ribes lacustre, or Swamp Gooseberry, has branches cov- 

 ered with slender spines. The leaves are nearly circular in 

 outline, heart-shaped, deeply five-to-seven lobed, and toothed 

 at the edges; while the green or purplish flowers grow in 

 loose racemes. The fruit is a purplish-black berry covered 

 with weak bristles. 



Ribes hudsonianum, or Black Currant, has smooth erect 

 branches, and leaves which are round-cordate, three-to-five 

 lobed, coarsely toothed, and resinous-dotted beneath. The 

 racemes of white flowers are dense, and the fruit is a smooth 

 black berry. 



BIRCH-LEAVED SPIR^A 



Spircea lucida. Rose Family 



Stems: erect, reddish, woody, one to two feet high. Leaves: lower 

 ones small, obovate ; upper ones oval, acutish, unequally serrate on short 

 petioles. Flowers: cream-colour in compound corymbs; petals five, 

 rounded. 



A small bushy shrub with woody stems bearing large 

 showy, fluffy flower-heads, flattened on the top and formed 

 of numerous tiny cream-coloured blossoms tinged with pink. 



It frequently grows by the side of mountain roads and at 

 the edge of trails, where the bright sunshine brings it out to 

 perfection. The red woody stems break off with a sharp 

 snap, and the scent of the flowers is extremely sweet. 



