(A) WlNTERGREEN; C-ITECKERBERRY ( (7 aulthcria pro* 
cumbens). I doubt if there is a country boy or girl 
within the range of this plant, and it extends from 
Newfoundland to Manitoba and southwards to the Gulf, 
who is not perfectly familiar with it. 
The leaves are all clustered at the top of the ruddy 
stem that grows from 2 to 5 inches high; those of adult 
plants are deep, shining green, ovate-pointed and very 
sparingly toothed. Usually two white, tubular, 5-notched 
flowers hang on slender peduncles, just beneath the 
spreading leaves, during July and August. 
(B) Trailing Arbutus; Mayflower {Epigcea re¬ 
pens). Arbutus is a creeping plant; the stems are 
tough, hairy and branched; they spread out along the 
ground for 6 to 15 inches from the root. The ever¬ 
green, alternating leaves are tough, oval, slightly heart- 
shaped at the base, net-veined and toothless. The flow¬ 
ers are in terminal clusters, opening in April and May. 
They are 5-parted, delicate pink and have a fragrance 
similar to that of the Water Lily. Arbutus grows 
throughout the eastern half of our continent on shady, 
rocky hillsides. 
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