WILD FLOWER SANCTUARIES 



actinic rays that kill them, we do not know, 

 but eventually they die. 



There are a few exceptions: Bloodroot will 

 flourish by the garden walk and double the size 

 of its leaves. Its bloom, however, is delicate 

 and comes early. The White Violet, likewise, 

 loves the garden walk and abides there. The 

 Mandrake clearly has moved into the open, 

 but moves in companies and still shades its 

 blossoms. The Spring Beauty ventures shyly 

 away from the protecting shade into the full 

 sunlight, but never away from a cool root 

 run. 



The time will come, however, when the ex- 

 quisite pleasure of greeting the firstlings of our 

 flora will be experienced only by those who 

 possess or may visit a wild flower sanctuary. 

 The one perfect and satisfactory way to estab- 

 lish such a retreat is to enclose an area of wood- 

 land. This is vital: the groves were the wild- 

 lings' homes, and are their only refuge. Fence 

 the field against all grazing animals and let it 

 alone. What care is exercised may be used to 



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