WILD FLOWERS white and greenish 



different species of Viratrum are found growing 

 within the United States. 



STAR OF BETHLEHEM. TEN O'CLOCK 



Ornithogalum umbellatum. Lily Family. 



An extremely dainty plant with exquisite white, 

 starry flowers which decorate our moist fields and 

 meadows during May and June from New England 

 to Virginia, and become very abundant in favourable 

 localities. The popular name has long been applied to 

 this pretty Lily which is thought to resemble the hallowed 

 star in the East that guided the Wise Men to the place 

 in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. The slender 

 stalk branches at the top only for the solitary flowers, 

 and grows from four to twelve inches high. The long 

 narrow, fleshy leaves rise in a tuft from a thick, egg- 

 shaped bulb. They have a whitish midvein, and are 

 dark green in colour. The flowers open only in the 

 sunshine. They are five-parted, spreading, and star-like. 

 Each of the petal-like parts is pure white with delicate 

 veinings, and has a wide, green stripe on the outside, 

 which resembles a separate sepal or bract. The stamens 

 are flattened. This charming species has become nat- 

 uralized from Europe, and has escaped from gardens. 



WILD SPIKENARD. FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL. 

 SOLOMON'S ZIGZAG 



Smilacina racembsa. Lily Family. 



On account of the similarity of its foliage, this 

 species is frequently confused with the True Solomon's 



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