TVHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



Apples, referred to in the description of the Wild Honey- 

 suckle. The White Azalea is found from Maine, 

 Ohio, and Arkansas south to Florida and Texas. It is 

 much more common near the coast. 



SPRING, OR CREEPING WINTERGREEN. CHECK- 



ERBERRY. PARTRIDGE-BERRY. MOUNTAIN 



TEA. GROUND-TEA, OR DEW-BERRY 



Gaultheria procumbens. Heath Family. 



To find the Wintergreen is to find ourselves tramping 

 noiselessly over thick, green, mossy rugs, or slipping and 

 sliding over mattings of bleached pine needles in the 

 mountains. It has lured us away from the clang and 

 rattle of the trolley, and the din and dust of the city. 

 And, as we linger to catch our breath in the cool shade 

 of the evergreens, and to sniff the delightful, woodsy 

 fragrance of the rare atmosphere, we realize that it is 

 also the home of the Bunchberry, Claytonia, Gold- 

 thread and Trillium. Children and "grown-ups," 

 too, who roam the woods, like to nibble on the leaves of 

 Wintergreen because of their pleasant, aromatic taste. 

 The leaves are also used for making a fragrant tea, and 

 Wintergreen oil is popularly used as a liniment, particu- 

 larly in cases of rheumatism. Wintergreen lozenges 

 are used in slight throat affections. The edible " berry" 

 is frequently found in the markets. The slender, creep- 

 ing stalk extends along the surface of the ground, or 

 just below it, and sends up its erect branches from two 

 to six inches in height. The thick, shining, evergreen 

 leaves are oval or oblong in shape, with rounded tips 



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