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wonderfully fair. It is so noble and dignified in its bearing 

 that we would not venture to pick it ; so we wander away, and 

 the place where it grew forms a lasting picture in our memory. 

 It is the only one of its genus that has chosen to grow wild 

 in the Southern part of the United States, instead of tropical 

 regions. 



SWAMP PINK. (Plate XIV) 



Helbnias bullata. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Bunch-flower. Purple. Scentless. New York, southward April, May. 



to Virginia. 



Flowers: growing in a terminal, blunt raceme. Perianth: divided into six 

 spreading, spatulate segments. Stamens: six. Pistil: one; with a three- 

 branched stigma. Leaves: growing in a cluster at the base of the scape; 

 long, tapering at the base; evergreen; parallel-veined. Scape: stout, with 

 bracts below. Rootstock : tuberous. 



A compact, vigourous plant that has a fondness for the state 

 of New Jersey. In fact, it is there so great a feature of swamp 

 and bog life that we find ourselves continually wondering if it 

 is not in some way connected with the political economy of 

 these places. 



INDIAN POKE. FALSE HELLEBORE. PUPPET=ROOT. 



Veratrum viride. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Bunch-flower. Greenish yellow, becoming Scentless. Mostly east, May -July. 

 more green as the flowers south and west, 



grow older. 



Flowers : growing in racemes along the branches. Perianth : of six oblong 

 divisions. Stamens: six. Pistil: one, with a three-branched style. Leaves: 

 clasping ; broadly ovate ; pointed ; parallel-veined. Stem : two to seven feet 

 high ; stout ; leafy. 



Our attention is hardly held by the flowers of the false 

 hellebore after we have learned to identify them ; as they are 

 particularly lacking in beauty. It is to the leaves that we feel 

 grateful for pushing through the earth at so early a season of 

 the year and enlivening the swamps with foliage. They also 

 appear along brooks and mountain "streams, and are on very 

 friendly terms with the skunk cabbage. As the plant's generic 



