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*3 Aquilegia ckrysantha: golden-spurred columbine; three feet 

 high; sandy, moist, well drained soil; many and large 

 flowers, yellow tinted with deep red; may be raised from 

 seed easily; blossoms in May or June and remains long in 

 flower. 



4 Saponaria ocymoides: soapwort; six to nine inches high, 

 trailing ; easily established in any soil ; loose cymes of bright 

 pink flowers; seeds or plants; blossoms in June. 



*5 Asclepias tuber osa: swallow wort, pleurisy root or butterfly 

 weed; eighteen inches to two feet high; any well drained 

 soil; is a member of the milkweed family; bright orange 

 flowers, in numerous umbels; plants or seed; blossoms in 

 July and August. 



*6 Liatris pycnostachya: prairie or Kansas gayfeather; three to 

 five feet high; any soil, even very poor; long dense spikes 

 of purple-red flowers ; raise from seed, sown in the autumn 

 early enough for plants to get a start before frost; blos- 

 soms in August and September. 



IN SHADE 

 *i Anemone nemorosa: wood anemone; four inches high; rich, 



well drained, sandy loam ; single white flowers tinged with 



purple; will not mind some sun; buy plants; blossoms in 



April and May. 

 2 Sanguined Canadensis: bloodroot; six inches high; light 



rich soil; solitary white, pink-tinged flowers, one to two 



inches across; will stand sunlight; buy plants; blossoms 



in April and May. 

 3 Dodocatheon media: shooting star, American cowslip or 



American cyclamen; twelve to twenty-four inches high; 



open, moderately rich soil, not dry but well drained and 



