NATIVE WILD FLOWERS 



of which is highly acrid and poisonous. The pleasant and 

 useful article sold in the shops under the name of Tapioca 

 is also made from the Cassava root. 



How well do I recall to mind the old English Arum, 

 known by its familiar names among the Suffolk peasantry 

 as " Cuckoo-pint," " Jack-in-the-Pulpit " and " Lords and 

 Ladies." The first name doubtless was suggested from the 

 appearance of the plant about the time of the coming of 

 that herald of spring, the Cuckoo; the hooded spathe, 

 shrouding the spadix like a monkish cowl, must have 

 furnished the second; while the distinction in color 

 between the deep purplish-red and the creamy white of the 

 central column or spadix supplied the more euphonious 

 term of " Lords and Ladies," which to our childish fancies 

 represented the masculine and feminine element in the 

 plant. Of course, we dreamed not of the Linnsean system; 

 the one was the lord because it was dark, the other the lady 

 because it was fair and more delicate. 



SQUIRREL CORN Dicentra Canadensis (DC.). 



(PLATE VI.) 



This elegant species belongs to the Fumitory family and 

 is remarkable for its sweetness, as well as for the grace of 

 its almost pellucid white or pale pink bells and the finely 

 dissected compound foliage of a peculiar bluish tint of 

 green. The corolla is heart-shaped, with slightly rounded 

 blunt spurs, the tips of the petals projecting and rather 

 more distinctly colored. There is a fine variety of this flower 

 with larger, more drooping bells, and of a decidedly pink 

 shade. 



In the rich black mould of the forest and in rather damp 

 situations this species, known by old settlers as Squirrel 

 Corn and by others as Wood Hyacinth, may be found. The 



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