DEATH-FLOWER.—BIRTH-ROOT. 
Trillium erectum. 
“ Bring flowers, bring flowers o’er the bier to shed 
A crown for the brow of the early dead. 
Though they smile in vain for what once was ours, 
They are love’s last gift, bring flowers, bring flowers.” 
Hemans. 
RAY and other botanical writers call this striking flower 
(T. erectum) the u Purple Trillium ;” it should rather 
be called Red, its hue being decidedly more red than 
purple, and in the Yew England States it is called by 
the country folks, “ The Red Death-Flower,” in contrast to the 
larger White Trillium, or “White Death-Flower.” For further 
remarks on this singular name we refer the reader to the description 
of that flower where all the native varieties of the genus are dwelt 
upon, including the one now before us, which forms the central 
flower in the present group, and shall merely add that like the rest 
of this remarkable family, T. er&ctum is widely spread over the whole 
of Canada. It appears in the middle of May and continues bloom¬ 
ing till June, preferring the soil of rich shady woods. 
