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fruit and bright trailing stem of the partridge-vine. It is a 
great favourite in the open woods and never deserts them to 
visit in other localities. Many a merry meal it has offered to 
the passer-by, and animals and birds know well the pulpy, red 
berry. In some places they also frequently find their way to 
the markets. 
The blossoms are dimorphous, as are their sedate little rela- 
tives the quaker ladies. Page 97, Plate XLVI. 
TALL HAIRY AGRIMONY, 
Agrimonia hirsita. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Rose. Yellow. Like apricots. General. July, August. 
Flowers: small ; growing in a close, slender raceme. Calyx: obconic; five- 
lobed, covered with hooked bristles. Corolla: of five, rosaceous petals. 
Stamens: ten, or more. /7st#/: one; sometimes three or four. Leaves: pin- 
nate; of five to seven lance-oblong, coarsely-toothed leaflets. Stem: erect ; 
bristly. 
Many tender grandmotherly traditions cluster about agri- 
mony. They loved its fragrant flowers and roots, and prized 
it especially because an addition of its dried leaves made the 
tea go further, and gave to it a peculiar aroma and delicacy of 
flavour. The dear old country doctor in his rattling gig knew 
the agrimony and had it classed among his harmless remedies. 
Paper bags filled with it and hung against the garret walls are 
also among the memories that its name recalls. 
WHITE AVENS. 
Géum Canadense. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Rose. White. Scentless. General. May-August. 
Guarding the borders of the thickets and open woods we find 
the white avens. It is a less conspicuous plant than either G. 
rivale or G, strictum, pages 52 and 53, and has small, short, white 
petals. We must infer that its lack of an attractive appearance 
is really premeditated, and for the purpose of preventing our 



