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larly marked with brown or purple; but the warm sun- 

 shine is trying to this product of nature's art, and soon 

 after the flowers have faded the leaves turn a pale green, 

 in a short time disappearing. 

 As the bulbs grow deeper every year until they have 



PINK COLUMBINE 



The charming blending of colors and the light and graceful form of the 

 blossoms lend great decorative value to the plant. 



reached maturity, did you ever wonder just how this 

 growth is accomplished? Mark a spot frequented by 

 them, and unearth the subterranean work in August, or 

 early September. Each young bulb will be found busy 

 planting itself or rather its successor more deeply. 

 The bulb first sends out a glistening white root, which 

 delves down deeper into the soil, and at the end of which 

 eventually forms a new and larger bulb. 

 The plant readily adapts itself to cultivation ; and while 



only the plants showing two leaves one always a little 

 larger than the other blossom, we have failed to detect 

 it if the little garden colony blossoms less freely than its 

 woodland neighbors. 



Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum, by nature a 

 bog-lover, is by no means as fastidious as the most of its 

 clan, and a moist, slightly shaded spot in one corner of 

 the yard will amply supply its demands. This plant is 

 a near relative of the cultivated calla, with purple and 

 white or green and white striped blossoms usually 



Photograph 6y Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. 



HEPATICA 



Hard to photograph, as it thrives best in shade, where it developes beauti- 

 ful flowers of intense blue or pink. 



called flowers. The real flowers, though, are deep in 

 the center of this showy dress, at the base of the central 

 spadix, and may be either fertile or sterile. Strive to 

 obtain a specimen of the former, usually more robust in 



