WILD FLOWERS white and greenish 



lish red leaves may be found in delightful contrast 

 with the snow. The small, five-petalled white flowers 

 are usually grouped, and the reddish purple fruit is 

 small and sour. It grows commonly in swamps and 

 low grounds generally, from Nova Scotia to Ontario 

 and Minnesota, south to Georgia and Kansas. 



LOW RUNNING BLACKBERRY. DEWBERRY. 



Rubus villosus. Rose Family. 



A trailing, woody-stemmed vine, loping along the 

 ground for several feet and often armed with scat- 

 tered prickers. Its ascending branches are sparingly 

 prickled. The large leaf has from three to seven 

 oval or pointed, wedge-shaped leaflets. They are 

 thin-textured and sharply cut with fine, even teeth. 

 The large, white, five-petalled flowers are fragrant, 

 and grow singly or in sparse clusters of two or three. 

 The small, juicy black fruit is large-seeded, but has 

 a delicious flavour. It is common along dusty road- 

 sides, on dry hillsides, and in fields, from Virginia, 

 Louisiana and the Indian Territory northward to 

 Lake Superior, Ontario and Newfoundland. 



RABBIT-ROOT, OLD-FIELD, STONE OR 

 PUSSY CLOVER. HARE'S-FOOT 



Trifoiium arvense. Pea Family. 



The funny, fuzzy heads of the Pussy Plant are often 

 carelessly passed and unnoticed with the mistaken 

 idea that they are merely the faded and bleached remains 

 of some perished blossom. And if you are not careful 



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