206 PLANTS GROWING IN LIGHT SOIL. 



PIPSISSEWA. PRINCE'S PINE. 



Chimdphila umbellata. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Heath. Flesh colour^ tinged with Fragrant. Northeast to Ga., west- June, July. 

 crimson; green centre. "ward to the Pacific. 



Flowers : nodding ; usually three in a loose cluster. Calyx : of five green 

 lobes. Corolla : of five round, concave petals with a crimson ring of colour 

 at the base. Stamens: ten, with violet anthers. Pistil: one; stigma, five- 

 rayed. Leaves: numerous, whorled, or scattered along the stem ; lanceolate; 

 toothed ; evergreen. Stem : about six inches high. 



In a crowd we might easily pass by the pipsissewa, but once 

 having turned aside to look at it, we should be sure to linger 

 for a better acquaintance. It is one of the prettiest of the 

 fragile blossoms that grow in the open woods. The name 

 pipsissewa is also full of charm and conjures up all the romance 

 that has ever clustered about the red man. He knew undoubt- 

 edly of the plant's medicinal properties. 



C. maculata, Plate CVII, is a species of pipsissewa that 

 grows abundantly in Eastern North America and is com- 

 monly called spotted pipsissewa. It blooms a little earlier in 

 the season than the preceding variety and if possible is a 

 sweeter flower. The leaves are lined beautifully with white. 

 It is also fragrant. 



SPRING BEAUTY. 



Claytbnia Virginica. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Pulsane. White or pink Scentless. New England south' March-May. 



veinedwith a ward to Georgia 



deeper shade. and westward. 



Flowers: a few growing in loose, terminal racemes. Calyx: of two ovate 

 sepals. Corolla : of five petals, slightly united at the base. Stamens : five. 

 Pistil: one; style, three-lobed. Leaves: opposite; linear; narrowing into a 

 petiole and varying greatly in breadth. Stem : erect or reclining ; rarely 

 branched. Root : tuberous. 



We should never be tired of reminding ourselves that plants 

 are not all formed after the same plan. They are as human 

 beings, and we seldom find among them one that has not some 

 interesting characteristic. Although general laws may be said 



