herbaceous plants?. 



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Waldsteinia, Waldsteinia fragarioides. — An insignifi- 

 cant plant grown in rockeries. Leaves three-fiugered. 

 Flowers rather pretty, yellow. On grassy or rocky banks. 



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FIG. 138.— GOATS-BEARD 'SPIR/EA ARUNCUSI. 



Water Avens, Gewm rivals. — A very floriferous river- 

 side plant of grassy, sunny banks. Flowers nodding. Sta- 

 mens and pistils large, petals purplish. The numerous 

 wild hybrids of this and G. ursmum are well worth glow- 

 ing even in choice rockeiies. They flower all summer and 

 some are <piite showy, with large yellow or reddish-yellow 

 flowers. They grow beautifully along roads and stone 

 fences in Northern Europe; seldom cultivated. Gewm 

 cocci tun in is a dwarf plant with lyrate-pinnatifid leaves 

 and large crimson-purple flowers. The mountain avens (G. 

 montanvm) is another dwarf and very desirable kind of a 



