. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. APRIL AND MAY. 29 but, strange as it may seem, the plant has become useful in a far better way: it is quite efficacious in driving away neuralgic rheumatism, and doctors pre- scribe an extract of the root for that purpose. ^ Although the wintergreen flowers as Wintergreen, or ° ° Checkerberry. late as July, its dark green, roundish GauUheria leaves and bright scarlet berries are procimibens. .... . . familiar objects m the woods m spring when tliere is little that is green scattered over the woodland floor to hide the pretty shiny plant from vie
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. APRIL AND MAY. 29 but, strange as it may seem, the plant has become useful in a far better way: it is quite efficacious in driving away neuralgic rheumatism, and doctors pre- scribe an extract of the root for that purpose. ^ Although the wintergreen flowers as Wintergreen, or ° ° Checkerberry. late as July, its dark green, roundish GauUheria leaves and bright scarlet berries are procimibens. .... . . familiar objects m the woods m spring when tliere is little that is green scattered over the woodland floor to hide the pretty shiny plant from view. The ber- ries grow so plenti- ful in southeastern Massachusetts that they are picked and brought to Boston, where they may be found for sale in many of the fruit stores. The berries remain on the ever- T , n . Wintergreen, or Checkerberry. green plants all win- ter ; in spring they are found in plenty on the foothills of the White Mountains. The flower is tiny and waxlike, and tastes as strongly aromatic as the berry Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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