WILD FLOWERS white and greenish 



liquid not unlike gastric juice in the stomach of animals. 

 A dozen or less tiny white flowers are borne along one 

 side of the drooping, terminal end of the stalk. They 

 open only in the sunshine and but one or two at a time. 

 This is a rather inconspicuous little plant and is likely 

 to be overlooked. It has a very short rootstock and 

 yields a purple stain to paper. It is found commonly 

 during June, July and August in bogs or wet, sandy 

 ground from Labrador to Alaska, south to Florida and 

 Alabama, and in the Sierra Nevadas to Montana and 

 California. 



EARLY SAXIFRAGE 

 Saxifraga virginiensis. Saxifrage Family. 

 Early in March the pretty little white flowers of the 

 Saxifrage blossom in numerous spreading groups, 

 which are loosely clustered on the tops of long, thick, 

 often sticky, hairy stems. This plant grows from 

 four to twelve inches high and loves to dwell in dry 

 or rocky hillsides and woodlands, where it usually roots 

 in small chinks or crevices among the rocks. Its name 

 is derived from the Greek, meaning rock-breaker and 

 alludes to its fabled power to rend apart the rocks 

 where it is generally found growing. It also has some 

 significance in reference to certain bodily ailments which 

 it was supposed to cure. The small, smooth, oval 

 leaves taper to a rounding point and narrow at their 

 base into broad stems. They are thick textured and 

 their edges are scalloped. They are gathered into a 

 small, compact and rounded tuft near the ground. 

 The flowers have five pointed petals, ten yellow stamens, 



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