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has red, white and blue forms. These, with the twin dayflower, Commelyna, 
are very desirable, responding readily to a little cultivation. 
The false indigo, Baptisia, of which we have three species, cream color, 
white, and blue, are coarse and unworthy of cultivation, though often offered in 
catalogues. 
The small-flowered lady-slipper, or moccasin flower, Cypripedium parvi- 
florum, like all of its kind, hides away in unexpected places; and you may con- 
sider yourself most fortunate if you find any plants. 
Asclepias tuberosa, the butterfly-weed, with orange-red flowers, and As- 
clepias incarnata, sometimes called the swamp milkweed, with red-purple 
flowers, will add a bright bit of color. 
The golden ragwort, Senecio aureus, is a fine plant for decoration, keeping 
well when cut, and making a good blossom for corsage bouquets for the wearer of 
yellow. 
St. John’s-wort, Hypericum, of which we have two species, is another attract- 
ive flower; but be careful in cultivating this, lest you encourage a pest. The 
yellow coneflower, Lepachys pinnata, is a flower that I thiuk is quite safe, and 
makes a fine growth in moderately rich soil. 
SUMMER AND FALL FLOWERS, 
Aconitum uncinatum (monkshood). Plant grows about two feet high; has 
dark-green palmate leaves and irregular, pale-blue flowers, which remind one 
strongly of the monk’s hood, from which it takes it name. 
Lonicera (honeysuckle) shrubs. Several species. 
Aster nove-anglie (New England aster). A stout, shrub-like herb, with 
rather dark-blue flowers. Grows in rich, damp soil. 
Aster sericeus. Leaves silky; flowers dark purple. 
The wild red lily, Liliwm superbum, is described by its name, a superb lily. 
The sensitive brier or sensitive rose, Schrankia uncinata, with its near rela- 
tion, the partridge pea, Cassia chamecrista, will delight the children with 
their shrinking leaves and the peculiar way in which they go to sleep at night. 
It is probably the Schrankia to which Longfellow referred when he wrote, in 
Evangeline: 
‘‘As at the tramp of a horse’s hoof on the turf of the prairies, 
Far in advance are closed the leaves of the shrinking mimosa, 
So, at the hoof-beats of fate, with sad forebodings of evil, 
Shrinks and closes the heart ere the stroke of doom has attained it.”’ 
The horsemint, Monarda fistulosa, grows well in rich soil. 
The jewel weed, or pale touch-me-not, 7mpatiens pallida, is very desirable; 
but needs shade and moisture, plenty of both. 
In this division you will want the meadow rue, of which we have two species, 
Thalictrum purpurascens and Thalictrum polygamum. The last named has 
been considered worthy of illustration in “‘How to Grow Flowers.’’ It grows 
tall, makes fine clumps of foliage, crowned with the mist-like, whitish clusters of 
delicate flowers. Needs a partially shady situation. The commoner meadow rue 
will grow almost anywhere in the garden, with the other woodland plants. The 
foliage is nice for cutting and adds very much to a cluster of roses. 
Of the late summer and autumn flowers, we have Huphorbia corollata, 
flowering spurge. All the euphorbias are interesting to a botanist; the family 
is large, some members being tropical and cultivated in greenhouses. The but- 
ton-snake-root and gay-feather species of Liatris are bright red-purple-flowered 
plants which, with the goldenrods and asters, sneeze-wort, Helenium autum- 
nale, and the eupatoriums, make a good showing for the composite family. 
