IN THE CANADIAN WOODS. 137 



petal elegantly scalloped, and sending forth a delicious 

 perfume. The pistil of the Moneses is most singular. It 

 is much longer than the closely appressed stamens, and 

 terminates in a little bright green pointed crown some- 

 what inclining downward. This plant is rare. 



There is another small species less fragrant, the flower 

 of which is greenish white and inferior in beauty to the 

 milk white and larger plants. 



Where the ground inclines to be rocky, or in the 

 vicinity of water, we eome upon a bed of sweet May 

 flower. It is rather late this year. May and June are 

 its months for blooming, but some will linger in shady 

 damp spots, even on into July and August. 



" Sweet flowers that linger, ere they fade, 

 Whose last are sweetest." 



What a gummy fragrance about this charming plant 

 with the pink bells, red stems and oval leaves ! It is in 

 the mossy glands of the stalks and buds that the aroma 

 lies and is given out from this beautiful Creeping 

 Arbutus, for it belongs to that charming ornamental 

 family. It would be a desirable addition to the trailing 

 plants of our rockeries and hanging baskets could we 

 prevail upon it to abide with us, but it loves too well its 

 own wild rocky forest haunts, and the piny soil its 

 rootlets find in the crevices between the stones, to 

 readily change its habits. 



Creeping over little hillocks in shady ground we see 



