Magenta to f'ink 



Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla of 5 concave, rounded, spreading petals ; 

 10 stamens, the filaments hairy ; style short, conical, with a 

 round stigma. Stem : Trailing far along ground, creeping, or 

 partly subterranean, sending up sterile and flowering branches 

 3 to 10 in. high. Leaves: Opposite or in whorls, evergreen, 

 bright, shining, spatulate to lance-shaped, sharply saw-edged. 



Preferred Habitat — Dry woods, sandy leaf-mould. 



Flowering Season — ^June — August. 



Distribution — British Possessions and the United States north of 

 Georgia from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Also Mexico, Eu- 

 rope, and Asia. 



A lover of winter indeed {cheima = winter and phileo = to 

 love) is the prince's pine, whose beautiful dark leaves keep their 

 color and gloss in spite of snow and intense cold. A few yards of 

 the trailing stem, easily ripped from the light soil of its woodland 

 home, make a charming indoor decoration, especially when the 

 little brown seed-cases remain. Few flowers are more suggestive 

 of the woods than these shy, dainty, deliciously fragrant little 

 blossoms. 



The Spotted Wintergreen, or Pipsissewa (C maculata), 

 closely resembles the prince's pine, except that its slightly larger 

 white or pinkish flowers lack the deep pink ring ; and the lance- 

 shaped leaves, with rather distant saw-teeth, are beautifully mot- 

 tled with white along the veins. When we see short-lipped bees 

 and flies about these flowers, we may be sure their pollen-covered 

 mouths come in contact with the moist stigma on the summit of 

 the little top-shaped style, and so effect cross-fertilization. 



Wild Honeysuckle; Pink, Purple, or Wild 

 Azalea; Pinxter-flower 



{Azalea nudijiora) Heath family 



Flowers — Crimson pink, purplish or rose pink, to nearly white, 

 1)4 to 2 in. across, faintly fragrant, clustered, opening before 

 or with the leaves, and developed from cone-like, scaly brown 

 buds. Calyx minute, 5-parted ; corolla funnel-shaped, the 

 tube narrow, hairy, with 5 regular, spreading lobes ; 5 long 

 red stamens ; i pistil, declined, protruding. Stem : Shrubby, 

 usually simple below, but branching above, 2 to 6 ft. high. 

 Leaves: Usually clustered, deciduous, oblong, acute at both 

 ends, hairy on midrib. 



Preferred Habitat — Moist, rocky woods, or dry woods and thickets. 



Flowering Season — April — May. 



Distribution — Maine to Illinois, and southward to the Gulf. 



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