WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
lish red leaves may be found in delightful contrast 
with the snow. The small, five-petalled white flowers 
are usually grouped, and the reddish purple fruit is 
small and sour. It grows commonly in swamps and 
low grounds generally, from Nova Scotia to Ontario 
and Minnesota, south to Georgia and Kansas. 
LOW RUNNING BLACKBERRY. DEWBERRY. 
Rubus villdsus. Rose Family. 
A trailing, woody-stemmed vine, loping along the 
ground for several feet and often armed with scat- 
tered prickers. Its ascending branches are sparingly 
prickled. The large leaf has from three to seven 
oval or pointed, wedge-shaped leaflets. They are 
thin-textured and sharply cut with fine, even teeth. 
The large, white, five-petalled flowers are fragrant, 
and grow singly or in sparse clusters of two or three. 
The small, juicy black fruit is large-seeded, but has 
a delicious flavour. It is common along dusty road- 
sides, on dry hillsides, and in fields, from Virginia, 
Louisiana and the Indian Territory northward to 
Lake Superior, Ontario and Newfoundland. 
RABBIT-ROOT, OLD-FIELD, STONE OR 
PUSSY CLOVER. HARE’S-FOOT 
Trifoitum arvénse. Pea Family. 
The funny, fuzzy heads of the Pussy Plant are often 
cavelessly passed and unnoticed with the mistaken 
idea that they are merely the faded and bleached remains 
of some perished blossom. And if you are not careful 
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