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Things to Enow and Do 273 in April and June. Flowers violet or purple streaked with white or light purple. Mountain Laiurel {Kalmia latifolia) . In sandy or rocky woods, New Brunswick and Ontario, southward. Blooms May and Jime. Pink Azalea {Azalea nudiflora). In dry woods, Maine to Illinois and southward. Blooms in April and May. IV. White, or Greenish White Flowers Plantain, Ribgrass, or Whiteman's Foot (PlatUago major). Everywhere in our region. Blooms all summer long as well as in spring. Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot {Daucus carota). Every- where; brought from Europe. "The original of the cultivated carrot," B. & B. Blobms all summer. Yarrow, or Milfoil {Achillea miUefolium), Generally dis- tributed. Blooms June to November. Grass of Parnassus {Parnassia Caroliniana) . In low meadows, New Bnmswick and Manitoba and southward to the Middle States. Blooms June to September. Solomon's Seal {Polygonaium biflorum). In woods. New Bnmswick to Ontario and southward. Blooms April to July. Its roots show seal-like impression, whence the name. False Solornon's Seal, Wild Spikenard, or Zigzag {Vagnera racemosa). United States and south Canada generally. Blooms May to July. Stickweed, Cleavers, or Bedstraw {Galium moUugo). Gen- erally distributed in -fields in the Northeastern States. It flowers all summer long. There is a kind with a yellow flower. Pennsylvania or Canada Anemone {Anemone Canadensis). Labrador to the Plains and southwacrd to Kansas on low ground. Blooms all sunmier. Wind flower {Anemone quinquifolia) . In low woods. General east of the Rockies. One of the early spring flowers. Blooms April to June. Rue Anemone {Syndesmon thalidroides). In woods, Atlantic to Minnesota and south to Kansas. White, but often pinkish. One of the earliest spring flowers. Blooms March to June. V. Yellow Flowers Celandine {Chdidonium majus) . A straggler from Europe now common along roadsides in eastern U. S. Blooms April to Sep- tember. Its juice is a strong yellow dye.