WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
different species of Viratrum are found growing 
within the United States. 
STAR OF BETHLEHEM TEN O'CLOCK 
Ornithégalum umbellatum. Lily Family. 
An extremely dainty plant with exquisite white, 
starry flowers which decorate our moist fields and 
meadows during May and June from New England 
to Virginia, and become very abundant in favourable 
localities. ‘The popular name has long been applied to 
this pretty Lily which is thought to resemble the hallowed 
star in the East that guided the Wise Men to the place 
in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. The slender 
stalk branches at the top only for the solitary flowers, 
and grows from four to twelve inches high. The long 
narrow, fleshy leaves rise in a tuft from a thick, egg- 
shaped bulb. They have a whitish midvein, and are 
dark green in colour. The flowers open only in the 
sunshine. They are five-parted, spreading, and star-like. 
Each of the petal-like parts is pure white with delicate 
veinings, and has a wide, green stripe on the outside, 
which resembles a separate sepal or bract. The stamens 
are flattened. This charming species has become nat- 
uralized from Europe, and has escaped from gardens. 
WILD SPIKENARD. FALSE SOLOMON’S SEAL. 
SOLOMON'S ZIGZAG 
Smilacina racemosa. Lily Family. 
On account of the similarity of its foliage, this 
species is frequently confused with the True Solomon's 
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