WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



Seal, with which it is often found growing. It is easily 

 distinguished, however, by the terminal arrange- 

 ment of its plumy flowers and red berries, while the 

 latter species bears its bell-shaped flowers distributed 

 in pairs along the stalk and its berries are black. 

 The smooth, leafy, and slightly zigzagged stalk grows 

 from one to three feet high, from a rather thick, fleshy 

 rootstock. The broad, lance-shaped, and strongly 

 ribbed leaves are stemless, or nearly so, and alter- 

 nate at the angles of the stalk. The margins are tooth- 

 less, but are fringed with fine hairs. The surface, 

 particularly beneath, is also hairy. The small, white 

 or greenish-white flowers are fragrant, and have six 

 spreading, petal-like parts, six pale, yellow-tipped 

 stamens, and a thick pistil. These are densely crowded 

 in a pyramid-shaped spike at the end of the stalk, which 

 is often gracefully curved. The flowers are suc- 

 ceeded by the aromatic, purple-specked berries, which 

 are at first green, then yellow-white, and finally pale 

 red. The plant blossoms from May to July, and is 

 found in moist woods and thickets, from Nova Scotia 

 to Georgia, and westward to Missouri, Arizona, and 

 British Columbia. 



FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY. TWO-LEAVED 

 SOLOMON'S SEAL 



Maianthemum canadense. Lily Family. 



A common and familiar little zigzag-stemmed, 

 woodland plant, bearing usually two leaves or often 

 only one, and found generally about the base of stumps 



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