70 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AISTD GARDEN. 



Fipsissewa, 



Chimaphiia 



umbellata. 



The pipsissewa is a sweet-scented lit- 

 tle woodland flower, which is common 

 in all dry, sandy soils. I have found 

 it plentiful in the famous " Pine " district of New 

 Jersey, in Saddle River Valley iij the same State, and 



in the pine woods 

 of New Hamp- 

 shire. The flow- 

 ers are waxy and 

 flesh - colored, and 

 the leaves are 

 shiny olive-green; 

 they keep their 

 color even in win- 

 ter. It flowers in 

 June and July. 

 There is a variety, 

 common in the 

 White Mountains, 

 with white-spotted 

 leaves toothed on 

 the edge like a saw. 

 This is named G. 

 maoulati. It is interesting to examine the blossoms 

 under a magnifying glass, where the beauty of the 

 frosty pink flower with its purple anthers will prove 

 quite a revelation. 



Pipsissewa. 



