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when transplanted to much drier situations. Too much cannot 

 be said in praise of this plant. 



Another excellent plant is the orange milkweed, Asclepias 

 tuberosa. The bright orange of its blossom is a color hard to 

 match in any other flower. Other attractive plants are the 

 false Solomon's seal, the bugbaue and Eupalorium ageratoides. 

 The wild cone flowers are also worthy of cultivation, especially 

 Rudbeckia hirta and R. laciniala. The much praised "Golden 

 Glow " is a double form of the latter and is an excellent thing. 

 The various species of Helianthus, or wild sunflower, give a 

 profusion of yellow bloom during the latter part of the season. 

 Coreopsis lanceolala, an exquisite flower, is a native south of 

 our range. New Jersey tea, Ceanothus Americanus, is a desira- 

 ble plant and gives white feathery blossoms about the first of 

 July. 



Then come all the wealth of golden rod and wild asters that 

 makes the autumn hillsides and roadsides so beautiful. For 

 color and splendor we can scarcely find their equal. Many of 

 these we can place in our border, though we must not be dis- 

 appointed if they lose some of their grace and beauty by an 

 increased vigor of plant, caused by cultivation. 



