WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
same time, too, when old King George the Third unwit- 
tingly assisted in creating the greatest tea-party at Bos- 
ton Harbour that the world has ever known. The 
astringent roots possess some medicinal qualities, and 
they also yield a brown dye. It is a small, shrubby, 
branching species, with a whitish, powdery bloom, and 
its leafy stalk rises two or three thet high from a deep, 
reddish root. The pointed, oval leaf is set alternately 
upon the stalk with short stems. The hairy surface is 
creased with three ribs and its edges are finely toothed. 
Numerous tiny, white or creamy white flowers are 
densely crowded into oblong, terminal clusters. They 
are composed of five petals, and have long, slender 
stems, and possess a faint fragrance. It ranges from 
Ontario and Manitoba to Florida and Texas, in dry, 
open woods, where it blossoms from May to July. 
VIRGINIA CREEPER. AMERICAN IVY 
Psédera quinquefolia. Grape Family. 
The name Woodbine is very frequently misapplied 
to this high climbing or trailing vine with its numerous 
tendrils. It is commonly confused with the Poison 
Ivy, but can be easily distinguished by its five-parted 
leaf, while the leaf of the latter is three-parted. The 
short-stemmed leaflets are elliptical in shape with taper- 
ing points, and the outer half is coarsely toothed. The 
surface is usually smooth, and the colour is dark green 
above and lighter underneath. ‘The insignificant 
yellowish green flowers grow in irregular, broadly 
branching clusters. These are succeeded in the fall 
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