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TREES AND FLOWERS OF 



(white) 



(yellow) 



WILD STRAWBERRY 



CINQUEFOIL 



Wild Strawberry (Frag aria). Wild strawberries 

 are frequent in the Park, in well-shaded, moist ravines 

 where soil conditions are good. The leaves, grouped 

 into a basal rosette, are trifoliate, like the leaves of 

 clover. The margins of the leaflets are smooth toward 

 the base, but above the middle are edged with sharp 

 teeth. The flower stalks are as long as or a little longer 

 than the leaves, and bear several five-petaled, white 

 blooms. The plant continues in blossom throughout 

 the season, even after it has ripened some fruit. The 

 berries are uncommonly fine-flavored, but usually the 

 bears are the first to find them. 



Cinquefoil (Potentilla) . There are several 

 species of cinquefoil in the Park, but they resemble 

 each other sufficiently to be treated under one head. 

 The leaves are compound, usually with five to seven 

 leaflets radiating like the fingers of a hand, but there 

 is at least one species with the leaflets arranged feath- 

 erwise along a central stalk. The leaflets are lance- 

 shaped, broadening somewhat toward the outer end, 

 and toothed along the margins. The flowers are yellow, 

 with five petals, and from ten to thirty stamens; they 

 remain in bloom from June until late August. 



