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leafless stems well above the plant; buy plants; blossoms 

 in July. 



*6 — Campanula rotundijolia: true harebell or bluebell; twelve 

 inches high; any fair soil in a rock crevice that is well 

 drained; bright blue flowers; easily raised from seed, sown 

 indoors in early spring and transplanted; blossoms in Jvily 

 and August. 



SHRUBS 



*i — Rhus aromatica: fragrant sumach; usually about three feet 

 high but sometimes reaching eight feet ; any soil ; especially 

 good for dry and rocky banks, in sun or shade; yellow 

 flowers in clusters on short spikes; fruit coral-red; buy 

 plants; blossoms in spring before the leaves appear. 



*2 — Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi: bearberry; prostrate, forming a 

 mass two feet in thickness ; well drained light loam or sandy 

 soil, on rocks and banks; evergreen; flowers small, white, 

 in terminal clusters; red berries follow; buy plants; blos- 

 soms in May. 



3 — Comptonia asplenijolia (or C. peregrina) : sweet fern ; one 

 to three feet high; sterile, dry soil, among rocks; foliage 

 fern-like and fragrant; buy plants; brown catkins of incon- 

 spicuous flowers in May and June. 



*4 — Daphne Cneorum: garland flower; trailing, forming a mass 

 twelve inches in thickness; light and well drained soil, in 

 partial shade or all sun ; leaves small, glossy and evergreen ; 

 many clusters of small pink flowers, very fragrant; buy 

 plants; blossoms in early May and at intervals through 

 summer. 



5 — Hypericum prolificum: St. John's wort; three feet high; 

 sandy or rocky soil, aU or partly shaded; stout and dense. 



