WILD FLOWERS white and greenish 



Baneberry is found during April, May and June, from 

 Nova Scotia to Georgia and west to Missouri and Brit- 

 ish Columbia. Actaea is an ancient name of the Alder. 

 The Red Baneberry, A. rubra, is a similar species, 

 more common northward than the above, and having 

 less pointed and more broadened leaves. Its principal 

 difference appears in its oval, cherry-red berries which 

 are borne on slender stems. It is found from New 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania west to the Rocky Mountains 

 and north to Nova Scotia. 



MAY APPLE. MANDRAKE. WILD LEMON. 

 HOG APPLE 



Podophyllum peltatum. Barberry Family. 



The May Apple does not await the passing of April 

 showers before preparing to attend May's annual 

 floral festival. But with an air of seeming indifference 

 and independence, as though borne of impatience, 

 it boldly defies the rain with its handsome leaves 

 arranged like a closed umbrella around its slender stalk 

 and which gradually expand as they clear the ground. 

 Excepting their bronzed-green colour, when they have 

 just emerged from the earth, they have much the same 

 appearance as a bit of oily rag after having been forced 

 through a rifle barrel on the end of a cleaning rod. 

 They are popularly known as Umbrella Plants by 

 children who roam the woods in early spring, and they 

 surely deserve this name. The wild Mandrake is an 

 interesting perennial herb with a distinctive, cleancut, 

 and well-balanced appearance. Its single, smooth, 



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