I20 WHITE TO GREEN 



FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL 



Smilacina ample xicaidis. Lily Family 



Stems: stout, ascending, leafy. Leaves: oval, clasping, acuminate, their 

 margins minutely ciliate. Flowers: panicle densely flowered; perianth- 

 segments oblong. Fruit : red aromatic berry, flecked with purple. 



The long leafy wands of the False Solomon's Seal are exceed- 

 ingly attractive, with their handsome terminal clusters of little 

 creamy blossoms that look like full feathery plumes as they 

 wave gently to and fro in the soft summer breeze and cast 

 their faint fragrance across the woods. Very handsome, too, 

 are the leaves of this large plant. Why it is banned with such 

 a base name as False Solomon's Seal I do not know. There 

 is nothing "false" about it except its name; and while its 

 luxuriant broad foliage resembles that of both the True Solo- 

 mon's Seal and the Twisted-stalk, still its flowers are entirely 

 different, growing in close terminal panicles, whereas those 

 of the other plants mentioned grow in small individual bells 

 from the axils of the leaves. However, False Solomon's Seal 

 is its name, and by such it is known all over the world. 



QUEEN-CUP 



Clmtonia luiiftora. Lily Family 



Stems: villous-pubescent. Leaves: few, lanceolate, acute, attenuate 

 below to a sheathing petiole. Flowers : solitary ; peduncle scape-like, 

 shorter than the leaves ; perianth campanulate, of six segments, white ; 

 style equalling the stamens. Fruit: blue berry. 



An exquisite six-parted white flower with a heart of gold, 

 found growing in the shady woods. Its leaves fairly carpet the 

 ground in the localities where it abounds ; they are large and 

 glossy and resemble those of the Lily-of -the- Valley. The stems, 

 which usually bear only a single flower, are very hairy. Tho- 

 reau has complained bitterly that this beautiful dweller of 



