CHAPTER XI 



GARDEN OF WILD FLOWERS 



By the time the students are ready to enter 

 High School they should have a speaking ac- 

 quaintance, at least, with one hundred of our 

 native wild flowers and twenty common ferns. 

 It is not advisable nor possible to introduce all 

 varieties into the garden, for conditions are so 

 unnatural they could not live, and many resent 

 being taken from their native haunts. The wise 

 thing is to select species that are tolerant of 

 poor conditions and try to improve them under 

 cultivation. 



The selection, to be of educative value, must 

 contain typical specimens of Monocotyledonous 

 and Dicotyledonous plants. The Spadiceflorce 

 may be represented by Skunk- Cabbage, Jack-in- 

 the-Pulpit, Cat-Tail, Calla palustris; GlumiflorcE, 

 by grasses and sedges ; PetaloidcB, by Lilies and 

 Orchids. The Dicotyledonous plants include 

 Apetalce — Wild Ginger; Polypetalm — Butter- 

 cups, Clover, Lupin, Roses, Saxifrage, Wild 

 Carrots, Parsnips, Mullein, Cardinal Flower; 

 Sympetalce — Bluebells, Goldenrod, Asters, and 

 many other beautiful and hardy flowers. 



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