WILD FLOWEKS 



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native on dry, rocky hills and sandy banks from New 

 York west to Illinois and south to Kentucky and Florida. 

 For transplanting native phlox, take up clumps, with 

 as much soil as will cling to the roots, early in the 

 spring when leaves begin to form. The plants will bloom 

 the first year, though better re- 

 sults may be expected after they 

 have become established. 



THE SPIUXG BEAUTY 



The spring beauty (Claytonia 

 virginica) is a very delicate plant, 

 making its home in rich, moist 

 woods where the soil is clayey. 

 It sends up smooth, threadlike 

 stems from deep tubers, bearing 

 a pair of opposite leaves and sev- 

 eral flowers. Its flower is rose 

 color with veins of deeper pink 

 starting from a yellow center. 

 Transplant tubers at any time 

 after the foliage dies down in 

 summer. To take up plants in the spring, cut the soil 

 around each to a depth of four or five inches, with a 

 trowel or spade, lift out a clump containing a plant, 

 and reset without disturbing either the roots or the 

 delicate stems. This may be easily done when plants 

 grow in the sod, as they sometimes do. Blooms may be 



FIG. 71. Spring Beauty 

 (Claytonia virginica) 



