BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
LEAFLETS 
THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Series V Brooklyn, N. Y., May 31, 1917. No. 7 
THE WILD FLOWER GARDEN IN JUNE 
During the month of June numerous plants come into flower 
in the local flora section of the Botanic Garden. In this Leaflet 
are mentioned, first, some plants along the path on the border 
mound, second, some of those in the wild flower beds, and last a 
few shrubs. On account of the lateness of the season, many May 
flowers may be expected to bloom during the first part of June. 
Along the path the earliest flowers are now passing into fruit. 
Of the lily family the wild lily of the valley and the false Solomon’s 
Seal have berries brownish blotched with red, or later often all 
red. The twisted-stalk has red berries and the somewhat similar 
bellwort bears three-cornered capsules; the trillium has an erect 
red capsule. In the true Solomon’s Seal blue berries hang along 
the stem; while in Clintonia a few large blue fruits grow erect on 
a central stem. None of these berries is edible. The Indian 
Cucumber-root with whorled leaves is still in flower. 
The plants of the buttercup family, whose flowers were so 
noticeable during May, form mostly inconspicuous fruits. The 
baneberries are an exception, one species having a white and black 
berry with a thick red pedicel, another a red berry; both are 
poisonous. 
The buncliberry or dwarf cornel, Cortius ca?iade?!st's, is now 
coming into flower. Its structure is similar to that of the tree 
flowering dogwood, Cornus floridci; in both, large white bracts, 
sometimes mistaken for petals, surround a group of small 
flowers. Several orchids are in bloom: a yellow moccasin flower 
or lady’s slipper, rattlesnake plantain with spotted leaves and 
ladies’ tresses with spirally arranged flowers. A little farther on 
are plants of the geranium family, the wild cranesbill and the 
smaller Herb Robert, also found in Europe. Wintergreen, shin- 
leaf and pipsissewa, low shrubs of the heath family, grow by 
the path. 
