WILD FLOWERS pink 



Manitoba, and south to New England and New 

 York, and in the mountains to North Carolina. 



VIOLET WOOD SORREL 



Oxalis violacea. Wood Sorrel Family. 



This delightful species is found much further south- 

 ward than the White Wood Sorrel. It has a brown- 

 ish, scaly, bulbous root. The dainty flowers are rose 

 purple in colour, and several, a dozen or less, are 

 clustered on a slender stem or scape. The leaf stems 

 rise from four to nine inches, and the strongly 

 ribbed, Clover - like leaves grow in little tufts of 

 from four to eight. The Violet Wood Sorrel ranges 

 from New England to the Rocky Mountains, and 

 south to Florida and New Mexico, in rocky, sandy 

 woods, during May and June. 



WILD GERANIUM. SPOTTED CRANE'S-BILL. 

 ALUM ROOT 



Geranium maculhtum. Geranium Family. 



The large, showy, rose purple flowers of the Wild 

 Geranium enliven the monotony of low and shaded 

 parts of moist, open woods and thickets, from April 

 to July. They are odourless, and their colour varies 

 greatly, according to the temperature of the season 

 and their exposure to sunlight. The flower has five 

 well-rounded, wedge-shaped petals. The latter are 

 exceedingly delicate in texture, and show five fine, 

 transparent lines spreading from the whitish base 

 which is slightly fuzzy or bearded. Ten spreading, 



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