PINK WILD FLOWERS 
green on both sides, and are set on short, hairy stems. 
The margin is wavy, and the surface is slightly rough. 
New leaves do not put forth until after the flowering 
season. The delicate, waxy flowers are rather large, 
and are closely clustered on the ends of the branches, 
Five rounded points spread from the tubular corolla, 
which is set in a small, five-parted, leafy, green calyx 
on a tiny stem. The pistil and ten yellowish stamens 
may be seen at the throat of the white or pinkish white 
blossom. The flowers are exquisitely fragrant, and 
when one considers their cool, damp surroundings so 
very early in the spring, they are exceedingly enticing. 
The Trailing Arbutus is found from March to May, 
from Newfoundland to the Northwest Territory and 
south to Florida, Kentucky, and Michigan. 
SHOOTING STAR. AMERICAN COWSLIP. 
PRIDE OF OHIO 
Dodecatheon Meadia. Primrose Family. 
The pert, nodding flowers of this handsome per- 
ennial decorate the moist cliffs and ridges in open 
woodlands, and also the prairies, during April and 
May, from Pennsylvania to Georgia, and west to 
Manitoba and Texas. The flowering stalk rises one 
or two feet high from a basal cluster of pointed oblong 
leaves, which taper into narrow, winged stems. The 
rootstock is stout and fibrous. Several showy, purplish 
pink or white flowers are gathered into a loose ter- 
minal arrangement. These hang from slender, curv- 
ing stems which spring from the tip of the stalk. The 
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