WILD FLOWERS 



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means of a thickened, filiform, whitish or brown rootstock. 

 The plant will bloom the first season if considerable soil is 

 taken up with the roots 

 early in the spring. 



The rue anemone 

 (Anemonella thalictroi- 

 des] rises from a cluster 

 of thickened roots ; it 

 lives in the open woods 

 under the same condi- 

 tions as the windflower. 

 The white or pinkish 

 flowers (in groups, gen- 

 erally of three) are 

 poised on stems that are 

 very slender and spring 

 from the leaf whorl. 



Transplant the same 

 as the windflower. 



THE BLOODKOOT 



The bloodroot (San- 

 guinaria canadensis) is 

 a pretty but fragile 

 plant that blooms very 

 early in the spring. It likes moist, sheltered places on 

 rich north hillsides. The thick, prostrate rootstock sends 

 up a lobed leaf and a stem with one handsome white 



FIG. 61. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) 



