RED OR REDDISH PURPLE 55 



This species belongs to fields and rocky places. 

 It is naturalized from Europe, and is less com- 

 mon than Frag aria Virginiana. 



Fragaria Americana, American Wood Straw- 

 berry, is by some considered a variety of Fra- 

 garia vesca, but is described by Britton and 

 Brown as a distinct species. The leaflets are 

 thinner and the fruit ovoid, or like a prolonged 

 cone. The berry has a smooth, shining surface, 

 looking almost as if varnished, and the achenes 

 adhere but slightly to it. It is an inhabitant 

 of rocky woods, and does not extend below Penn- 

 sylvania and New Jersey. Oregon is its western 

 boundary. 



THE ROSE 



The rose, with its dainty pink coloring, and its 

 subtle fragrance, is a general favorite. Both in 

 blossom and in fruit it presents interesting fea- 

 tures of structure. This is one of the plants 

 tliat protects its pollen from rain and dew by 

 pitching a petal tent over the stamens. You 

 surely remember the overlapping, folded aspect 

 of the petals in the early morning or on a 

 cloudy day. 



The rose produces no honey for the bee, but 



