Epigcea repens .— May Flower. 
This interesting little flower, so clear to every Nova Scotian, is now the adopted emblem of her patriotic 
institution—“The Nova Scotian Philanthropic Society.” Rich in perfume, somewhat like that of the 
Apple Blossom, the May Flower opens before the frost is all out of the ground, varying with the seasons 
from the latter end of March to the first of May—grows in a dry turfy soil, both in woods and among 
small heathy shrubs. 
PLATE II. 
Cornns Canadensis .— Pigeon Berry. 
Found in turf soils, both in woods and open ground. The Indians eat this fruit and lichens from the 
rocks when they cannot procure other food, accounting the more sapid fruits, like those of the raspberry, 
unwholesome, unless they have solid food with them. 
PLATE III. 
Nymplicea Odorata .— White Water Lily. 
In moderate weather the perfume of these flowers may be perceived at a considerable distance from the 
lakes in which they grow, in water varying from two to eight feet in depth. There are veins in the roots 
containing a purple fluid. Flowers in July. 
