146 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 
doubt an injustice, as her nature is shy, and she hides herself in 
the cool, moist woods. 
In the south there is a sessile trillium which has lemon-col- 
oured petals and a delicious fragrance, 
ILL-SCENTED WAKE-ROBIN. BIRTHROOT, 
Trillium eréctum. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Lily-of-the-valley. Reddish purpie. Unpleasant. Mostly nort’. April-June. 
Flowers; terminal; solitary ; slightly inclined to be nodding. Perianth: 
of three green, pointed sepals and three large, recurved petals. Stamens: six. 
Pistil : one, having three stigmas. F7rwzt: a large, angled, red berry. Leaves ; 
broad ; ovate; netted-veined ; whorled in threes on the flower-stalks a little 
below the flower. Stem: stout ; simple 3; smovoth. A’ovfstock : tuberous. 
In the early spring this beautiful young creature begins its 
career in the woods. Wecannot, however, be very sympathetic 
with it, in spite of its good looks, as it repels us by its almost 
fetid odour. Itscommon name, also, while pretty, is rather de- 
ceptive. The plant does not wake the robins, because they 
have been chirping and hopping about on lawns long before the 
flower came into bloom; and they are not especially fond of 
the dark woods that the trillium loves best. So altogether we 
are inclined to believe that the plant has too great an idea of 
its Own importance, and that it does not possess the innate 
qualities of virtue which it would have us believe. 
BELLWORT. 
Uvularta sesstlifolta. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Bunch-flower. Straw colour. Scentless. New Engéand to Georgia. May. June. 
Flowers : one or two that droop from slender peduncles. erianth; bell- 
shaped, of six separate divisions. Stamens; six. ustil: one ; styles-three- 
cleft. eaves; lance-oblong and sessile, as the name indicates. Stem: 
angled. 
The flowers of this pretty plant are usually described as 
drooping modestly, and no doubt it is only to those of perverted 
eyesight that they appear like a naughty little girl who might 
be good if she would ; but from lack of the wish is continually 

