WILD FLOWERS white and greenish 



matured, it is a smooth and shiny coral-red, and has 

 two eye-like openings. These red berries are abun- 

 dant and conspicuous during the fall and winter, and 

 are relished by birds and small animals. Indeed, 

 there are few persons who roam the woods who have 

 not indulged in this tempting yet quite tasteless fruit. 

 It is often found on sale in the markets at holiday time. 

 This vine is called sometimes the Squaw-berry, and 

 it is said to have been steeped and used by the Indian 

 squaws as a medicine which they commonly believed 

 possessed some peculiar advantages. This plant is 

 named Mitchtlla, after Dr. John Mitchell, of Virginia, 

 one of our first American botanists, and who was a 

 correspondent of Linnaeus. It has many interest- 

 ing local names among which are Hive-vine, Squaw- 

 vine, Checkerberry, Deerberry, Foxberry, Box- 

 berry, Partridge-vine, and Winter Clover. It is easily 

 transplanted and grows readily about the garden. 

 It is found abundantly in the woods, often about the 

 base of pine trees, and along partly shaded hillsides, 

 from Nova Scotia to Florida, and to western Ontario, 

 Minnesota, Arkansas, and Texas. 



BONESET. INDIAN SAGE. AGUE-WEED. 



THOROUGHWORT. WILD SAGE. 



CROSSWORT 



Eupatorium perfoliatum. Thistle Family. 



The very thought of Boneset will send a shudder 

 through most everyone who has been "brought up" 

 in the good, old-fashioned way. Wet feet and snuffles, 



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