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*!NDIAN TURNIP, JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT (Arisama tripbyllum). Greenish 

 spathe, striped purple with a horizontal flap, followed by red berries. 

 April to June; ij feet. Low, moist, rich woodlands. Leaves 

 from early spring till autumn, in shady, moist places. 



*!RIS, BLUE FLAG (Iris versicolor). Blue and white. May to July; 20 

 inches. Wet places and along brooksides. More slender growing, 

 flowering in May and June, is /. prismatica or I Virginica. At 

 home along the East Coast. 



*!RONWEED (Vernonia Noveboracensis). Purple. July to September; 

 3 to 5 feet. Flowers in large terminal clusters, very showy. Best 

 effect in masses near water, making good supplement to the purple 

 loosestrife, which is earlier. Also for open places. 



*JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. See INDIAN TURNIP. 



JAMESTOWN WEED, THORN APPLE (Datura Stramonium). White. 

 June to September; 2 to 5 feet. Any soil. Naturalised from 

 tropics. An annual that has become a weed in the South. Use 

 only in very wildest places. 



*JoE-PYE WEED (Eupatorium purpureum). Purple to flesh colour, to 

 almost white. August to September; 8 to 9 feet. The boldest, tall, rank- 

 growing plant for low grounds. Easily naturalised. Foliage coarse. 

 Var. maculatum is lower, with purple-brown markings on stem. 



LADY S SLIPPER, MOCCASIN FLOWER (Cypripedium acaule). Rose- 

 purple. May to June; i foot. Two leaves. Well-drained soil 



with leaf-mould. , SHOWY (C. spectabile). Pink-purple to pink. 



June; 2 feet. Several leaves. The easiest native orchid to grow 

 and the showiest. Bogs or moist, partly shaded bed of peat or leaf- 

 mould. Get large clumps, as of all orchids. , YELLOW (C. 



pubescens). Yellow brown. May, June; I foot. Well-drained 

 bed of leaf-mould and peat in moist shade. C. pauciflorum is 

 smaller, but easier to grow in similar soil. Leave undisturbed. 



*LiLY, RED, CANADA AND TURK S CAP. See BULBOUS PLANTS, pp. 277, 

 278. 



LIVERWORT (Hepatica triloba). Blue, purple, pink. Earliest spring; 

 6 to 8 inches. Best and earliest flowering plant for massing in 

 shady corners or open woods. In protected places flowers in the 

 snow. Holds leather-like, three-lobed old leaves all winter and 

 until after flowering. 



