Ifoerbaceous plants. 



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Waldsteinia, Waldsteinia fragarioides. An insignifi- 

 cant plant grown in rockeries. Leaves three-fingered. 

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



FIQ. 138. GOAT'S-BEARD (SPIR/EA ARUNCUS). 



Water Avens, Geum rivale. 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. ursinum are well worth grow- 

 ing even in choice rockeries. They flower all summer and 

 some are quite showy, with large yellow or reddish-yellow 

 flowers. They grow beautifully along roads and stone 

 fences in Northern Europe ; seldom cultivated. Geum 

 coccineum is a dwarf plant with lyrate-pinnatifid leaves 

 and large crimson-purple flowers. The mountain avens (6r. 

 montanum) is another dwarf and very desirable kind of a 



