ACCORDING TO SEASON 



leaves of both species are small and evergreen, 

 somewhat similar to those of the mountain-cran- 

 berry. 



A singularly attractive little plant belonging to 



this heath tribe is the one-flowered pyrola. Its 



One-flow- actual name, Moneses grandijlora, is more sugges- 



ere pyioa ^.^ ^ .^ p ecil ]_i ar charm. Not only is the white, 



waxen flower that droops from the tip of a slen- 

 der stem strikingly large in proportion to the 

 height of the plant, which does not exceed, if it 

 reaches, three or four inches, and to the size of the 

 rounded leaves, which are clustered just above the 

 ground, but its dainty grace warrants the enthusi- 

 asm indicated by the generic name, which signifies 

 "single delight." Then, too the plant's intrinsic 

 charm is not lessened by its choice of surround- 

 ings. In the dense shade of the evergreen forest, 

 where we hardly expect to find any plants in 

 flower, little companies of these pure blossoms 

 nod above the red-brown, leaf-strewn floor. 



Nearly related to Moneses are the actual pyro- 

 las, lily-of-the-valley-like plants, which we find 

 Pyroias hanging out their pretty, waxen bells along the 

 Tma^ SlS ~ shaded road-side, as well as in the deeper woods. 

 The two most attractive members of the group, at 

 least in my experience, are the familiar shin-leaf, 

 and the round-leaved species, the latter easily rec- 

 ognized by its leathery, shining foliage. In these 



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