146 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 



doubt an injustice, as tlie plant's nature is shy, and it hides it- 

 self in the cool, moist woods. 



In the south there is a sessile trillium which has lemon-col- 

 oured petals and a delicious fragrance. 



ILUSCENTED WAKE=ROBIN. BIRTHROOT. 



Trillium erectuDi. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Lily-o/-tJie-valley. Purplish red. Unpleasant. Mostly north. April-June. 



Flowers: terminal; solitary; slightly inclined to be nodding. Perianth i 

 of three green, pointed sepals and three large, recurved petals. Stamens : six. 

 Pistil : one, having three stigmas. Pruit : a large, angled, red berry. Leaves ; 

 broad ; ovate ; netted-veined ; whorled in threes on the flower-stalks a little 

 below the flower. Stem : stout ; simple ; smooth. Rootstock : tuberous. 



In the early spring this beautiful young creature begins its 

 career in the woods. We cannot, however, be very sympathetic 

 with it, in spite of its good looks, as it repels us by its almost 

 fetid odour. Its common name, also, while pretty, is rather de- 

 ceptive. The plant does not wake the robins, because they 

 have been chirping and hopping about on lawns long before the 

 flower came into bloom ; and they are not especially fond of 

 the dark woods that the trillium loves best. So altogether we 

 are inclined to believe that the plant has too great an idea of 

 its own importance, and that it does not possess the innate 

 qualities of virtue which it would have us believe. 



BELLWORT. 



Uvultwia sessilifblia. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Bunch-floiver. Straiu colour. Scentless, New England to Georgia. May. June. 



Flowers : one or two that droop from slender peduncles. Perianth : bell- 

 shaped, of six separate divisions. Stamens; six. Pistil: one ; styles -three- 

 cleft. Leaves : lance-oblong and sessile, as the name indicates. Stem : 

 angled. 



The flowers of this pretty plant are usually described as 

 drooping modestly, and no doubt it is only to those of perverted 

 eyesight that they appear like a naughty little girl wno might 

 be good if she would ; but from lack of the wish is continually 



