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cool; leaves clustered at the ground, flower stem erect; 

 flowers rose and white, in loose umbels; leaves die down 

 after flowering season is over; plant maiden-hair fern 

 Adiantum pedatum or wild ginger Asarum Canadense 

 between and among the plants of Dodocatheon, to take the 

 place of its short-lived foliage; buy plants; blossoms in May 

 and June. 



4 Smilacena racemosa: false Solomon's seal; eighteen inches 

 to three feet high; moist loamy soil; stems rise from the 

 ground, are not branched, and the plant is flexible and pliant, 

 making a graceful mass when planted in numbers; white 

 flowers clustered in panicles along the stems with the leaves ; 

 blossoms in June and July. 



*5 Sedum spectabile: showy sedum or stonecrop; eighteen 

 to twenty-four inches high; said to prefer a rather heavy 

 soil but this is not essential, though good drainage is; rose- 

 purple flowers in broad, flat cymes; buy plants; blossoms 

 in August and remains in bloom until October. 



*6 Aster corymbosus: native wild aster; two feet high; dry 

 rock soil; loose corymbs of characteristic small white 

 flowers; may be raised from seed readily; blossoms from 

 August on to frost. 



SHRUBS FOR UNCLEARED LAND 



This list gives the careless forms of native growth which will 

 harmonize with the character of rough land, and with the natural 

 growth allowed to remain as a backing for the planting. These 

 may also be used in stony localities. 



i Amelanckier Canadensis: common shadbush, Juneberry or 

 service berry; tree-like, fifteen to thirty feet high; white 

 flowers in loose clusters; fruits in June, sweet and edible; 



