WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH. 
with their edges slightly toothed. The smooth, rich 
green upper surface is strongly veined, and the under 
side is silvery white and coarsely veined. The thick, 
fleshy, blunt-ended, perennial root contains a copious 
deep orange-red sap which is both acid and astringent. 
This sap is also present in the stems and leaves and 
they “bleed” instantly when broken. The Indians 
made ample use of the Bloodroot. The brilliantly 
coloured juice was used for staining their faces and 
arms when preparing themselves for their peace or 
war dances. The squaws utilized it also for decorat- 
ing skins and baskets. It served their medicine men 
when catering to their bodily ailments. At the present 
time Bloodroot is employed as a remedy in bron- 
chial troubles. Many grandmothers can tell how they 
used to dole out drops of its bitterish blood on a spoon- 
ful of soft sugar to those of the family circle who 
became afflicted with a cough or a cold. Sangui- 
naria vinegar, made from the rootstock, has a domes- 
tic ring, and is used locally for ringworm and also 
as a gargle for sore throat. Bloodroot is found from 
Nova Scotia to Ontario and Nebraska, southward to 
Florida and Arkansas, during April and May. It 
prefers rich, open woodlands, and especially rocky 
slopes where the soil is loose and well drained. 
DUTCHMAN’S BREECHES. SOLDIERS’ CAPS 
Dicéntra Cucullaria. Fumitory Family. 
Perhaps, in the olden days when the elfs made 
merry in the woodland dells, they were dressed in tiny, 
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