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finger-shaped blossoms of foxglove are the digit of 

 Digitalis, and so on, help the memory. Adding spe- 

 cific names you get, Campanula persicifolia (peach- 

 leaved bellflower) Anemone pennsylvanica (Penn- 

 sylvanian anemone), Dianthus neglectus (neglected 

 pink), Primula vulgaris (common primrose) and 

 Digitalis purpurea (purple foxglove). 



Pair off the various worts with the respective 

 generic names and note the close relationship in 

 some cases such as Saponaria (soap wort), Plum- 

 bago (leadwort) and Pulmonaria (lungwort). 

 Woundwort (Stachys) has reference to the use of 

 the woolly leaves to stop the flow of blood. Some 

 of the other worts are more difficult; so are the 

 banes wolfs (Aconitum), leopard's (Doroni- 

 cum) and flea (Erigeron or Inula). 



Labels are always a good aid to the memory, but 

 should be relied upon less and less for species. For 

 varieties they will always be necessary to a certain 

 degree, as it would be foolish, even if possible, to 

 burden the mind beyond a reasonable limit in that 

 direction. Keep all labels out of sight wherever 

 the planting is decorative; if there is a reserve gar- 

 den use such tags on the memory there, so far as 

 this can be done. 



