WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
Baneberry is found during April, May and June, from 
Nova Scotia to Georgia and west to Missouri and Brit- 
ish Columbia. Acéaea is an ancient name of the Alder. 
The Red Baneberry, A. ritbra, is a similar species, 
more common northward than the above, and having 
less pointed and more broadened leaves. Its principal 
difference appears in its oval, cherry-red berries which 
are borne on slender stems. It is found from New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania west to the Rocky Mountains 
and north to Nova Scotia. 
MAY APPLE. MANDRAKE. WILD LEMON. 
HOG APPLE 
Podophjllum peltatum. Barberry Family. 
The May Apple does not await the passing of April 
showers before preparing to attend May’s annual 
floral festival. But with an air of seeming indifference 
and independence, as though borne of impatience, 
it boldly defies the rain with its handsome leaves 
arranged like a closed umbrella around its slender stalk 
and which gradually expand as they clear the ground. 
Excepting their bronzed-green colour, when they have 
just emerged from the earth, they have much the same 
appearance as a bit of oily rag after having been forced 
through a rifle barrel on the end of a cleaning rod. 
They are popularly known as Umbrella Plants by 
children who roam the woods in early spring, and they 
surely deserve this name. The wild Mandrake is an 
interesting perennial herb with a distinctive, cleancut, 
and well-balanced appearance. Its single, smooth, 
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