WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
nificant, and the yellow-tipped stamens surround the 
central cluster of green pistils. They occur on terminal 
foot stems, and the large, five-parted, white-edged, 
green calyx alternates with the widely separated 
petals. The seed ripens in burr-like clusters, with long, 
hooked tips that play havoc with one’s clothing, to 
which they adhere with an especial delight. This plant 
ranges from Canada to Georgia and Missouri. 
BLACK RASPBERRY. BLACK CAP 
Rubus occidentalis. Rose Family. 
The smooth, curving, cane-like stalk of this species 
often roots again at the tip, and it grows some ten or 
twelve feet in length. It is sparingly covered with 
small, hooked prickers. The leaf is three-parted, 
rarely five, and the leaflets are oval and pointed. The 
under surfaces are of a much lighter shade than the 
upper, and the edges are coarsely toothed. The five- 
petalled white flowers are densely clustered in pretty, 
round terminal heads. This is the favourite little 
Black Cap that country children like to string on grass 
stems when they go berrying for fun. It is common 
especially in burnt-over districts, and along fence 
rows, stone walls, and neglected farm buildings, 
everywhere from Georgia and Mississippi northward 
to Quebec and Ontario. 
HIGH BUSH BLACKBERRY 
Rubus allegheniénsis. Rose Family. 
A very common, scrubby, branching bramble with 
long, grooved, erect or curving stalks growing from 
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