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TeUow Wood-Sorrel. The little yellow wood- 



Oxalis stricta. t . , , 



sorrel is extremely 

 common in meadow, woodland, and pas- 

 ture, and the tiny clover-like leaf may be 

 recognized anywhere snuggling in the 

 grass from May to October. The flower 

 is rather insignificant, and of a pale but- 

 tercup yellow. 



White Wood-Sorrel. The crimson - veined 

 Oxaiis Acetoaeiia. white wood - sorrel is 

 quite a different character, and is alto- 

 gether lovely. Each of the five white Oxaii/ strieta. 

 petals are veined with about half a dozen delicate 

 red lines, which give the flower a decorative appear- 

 ance ; in fact, I have often used it in 

 decorative designs where delicate color- 

 ing was employed. Fra Angelico and 

 Sandro Botticelli painted this flower in 

 the foregrounds of their pictures, and 

 it is evident that it looked the same 

 over four hundred years ago as it does 

 to-day. All around the edge of Profile 

 Lake in the Franconia Notch this pret- 

 ty flower can be found about the end 

 of June aiii the first of July. It likes 

 the danip woodland best, and can be 

 found on many of the White Moun- Acetoseiia. 



Oxalis 



