CULTIVATION OF NATIVE PLANTS. 



Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal Flower, 

 August and September, 2 to 4 ft., has 

 smooth stems and superb nobbing 

 racemes of intensely brilliant red flow- 

 ers. It will flourish in the garden or in 

 shallow water. Lobelia syphilitica, 

 Great Blue Lobelia, July, 2 to 4 ft., is a 

 coarse plant with large leaves and large, 

 dense spikes of light blue flowers. 



Lupinus perennis, Blue Lupine, May 

 and June, 1 to 2 ft., has palmate leaves 

 on long stems and long spikes of showy 

 flowers, which are pea shaped and of 

 various shades of color — blue, purple, 

 pink and white. It does best in sandy 

 soil. 



Monarda didyma, Oswego Tea, July 

 to September, 2 ft , is fine for massing, 

 and its brilliancy of color and profusion 

 of flowers throughout the summer, 

 make it invaluable for the border. It 

 has aromatic foliage and showy heads 

 of bright scarlet flowers. 



Myosotis palustris var. laxa^ Forget- 

 me-not, May to August, i ft., grows in 

 moist woods or swamps, has pale blue 

 flowers with yellow centre, and is almost 

 identical with the cultivated plant. 



Orchids include many plants of great 

 beauty, and would require large space 

 and special knowledge to treat of 

 properly. Among them are Orchis 

 spectabilis, Showy Orchis and different 

 species of Habernaria, Goodyeara and 

 Cypripedium. Cypripedium spectabilis, 

 Queen or Showy Lady's Slipper, is one 

 of the most beautiful of all Orchids. 

 Some of them are fine for winter 

 flowering, and most of them do well 

 outside, planted in swamp muck and 

 kept rather moist. 



Pentstemon pubescens, Hairy Pentste- 

 mon or Beard Tongue, June, i to 2 ft., 

 grows in clumps on sandy hills and 

 dlains, and has long racemes of bluish- 



purple and white, snapdragon -shaped 

 flowers. Pretty and easily grown. 



Phlox divaricata or Canadense, 

 Spreading or Wood Phlox. May, i to 2 

 ft. grows in rich woods, transplants very 

 easily and rhakes one of the brightest 

 flowers in the border, the clumps in- 

 creasing in size and beauty under culti- 

 vation. The flowers are lilac or bluish, 

 in a spreading, loosely-flowered cyme, 

 and the stems, which are prostrate in 

 winter and early spring, become erect 

 before flowering. 



Rudbeckia hirta, Rough Cone Flower 

 or Black-eyed Susan, July to September, 

 2 to 3 ft, although a little coarse to 

 some tastes, makes an excellent border 

 plant. It has long stalked flower heads, 

 with conical, purplish-brown disks and 

 bright yellow rays. It may be trans- 

 planted even when in flower, and is 

 increased by division or by new plants, 

 which spring up freely from self-sown 

 seeds. 



Rudbeckia laciniata, Cut-leaved Cone 

 Flower, July and August, 3 to 6 ft., has 

 divided foliage and broad heads of 

 showy lemon-yellow flowers with droop- 

 ing rays and greenish-yellow disks. It 

 is the parent of the deservedly popular 

 " Golden Glow Rudbeckia." 



Smilacina racemosa, False Spikenard 

 or Clustered Solomon's Seal, May and 

 June, 15^ to 4 ft., grows in rich woods 

 and has gracefully recurved stems two 

 rows of large, oval, green leaves and a 

 large compound raceme of small frag- 

 rant white flowers, succeeded by red 

 berries specked with purple. It is quite 

 showy and suitable for cut flowers or 

 forcing. Smilacima bifolia ( Maianthe- 

 mum Canadense), Wild Lily of the 

 Valley, has two leaves and a simple 

 raceme of white flowers and Polygonatum 

 biflorum, Smaller Solomon's Seal, has a 

 recurved stem, two rows of smooth 

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