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Wild Ginger, Black Aider, 



Purple Trillium, Wild Plum, 



White Trillium,' Wild Cherry, 



Spring Beauty, Choke Cherry, 



Dog-Toothed Violet, Bell Wort (large), 



Marsh Marigold, Bell Wort (small), 



Wood Violet, Louse Wort, 



White Violet, Pink Moceassin Flower, 



Yellow Violet, Yellow " " " 



Blue field Violet. W T hite " " 



Wild Hyacinth, ' 



The Skunk Cabbage, a beautiful flower, thus called 

 on account of its loud smell, grows in a very wet 

 meadow. It is in shape like a common sea shell, with 

 dark purple spots somewhat ressembling tortoise shell ; 

 the half-buried flower appears to spring ready formed 

 out of the earth, the flowers in the fall are succeeded 

 by a mass of red fruit. 



The Hepatica is a pretty little flower, appearing 

 directly after or almost before the snow has disappeared. 

 It is a lowly-growing plant, the leaves and flowers 

 springing directly from the ground, and the flowers 

 appearing before the new leaves ; they are of all shades 

 of color, pink, blue and white. At the Island of Orleans 

 they are found near the ferry ; and at Point Levis, near 

 the (upper) railway station. 



Nor must we omit mention of our May Trilliums, 

 Columbines, Dog tooth Violets, Marsh Marygolds — the 

 Buckbean, the Uvularia Sessilifolia and Grandiflora 

 the Wild Ginger plant, the Smilacina Trifolia, the 

 Dentaria, the Ladies' Slipper Orchis, two varieties, of 

 which the most beautiful is the Showy Ladies' Slipper, 

 which grows in the swamp between the Ste. Foye and 

 Little Eiver Koads. Such are some of the gems which 

 Flora in May drops along her scented paths around our 

 city ; June, July, August, have other floral tributes in 

 store. 



More than half a century back, the study of the wild 

 flowers round Quebec, was in high favor ; our city 

 ladies, inspired by the noble example of Lady Dal- 



