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sunny places as a carpet covering lor graves or sle(^p l)anks. The leaves 

 are as valuable as the flower. 



Culture. The plants are very easily grown in any soil. 



Propagation. They are propagated by seeds, cuttings or divi- 

 sions of the plant. The plant should be divided very early in the 

 season, either with or without roots, and planted deeply in well firmed 

 soil which sould be kept moist until roots have formed. 



Chelone — Shell Flower, Turtle Head, Snake Head 



The Chelone is sometimes confused with the Rearded Tongue 

 (Pentstemon), to which it is closely related. It is a late Summer 

 plant, coming into bloom about the middle of August and lasting for 

 six or seven weeks. The Shell Flow^er (Chelone glabra) has clusters of 

 flowers of a light creamy white. The plants grow about 3 feet tall. 

 The Turtle Head (C. Lyonii) has rose-purple flowers which grow from 

 a mass of deep green leaves. The flowers of Chelone are inflated and 

 long, tube-shaped, somewhat resembling the Snapdragon. 



Lift, Snow-in-Summer or Cerastium, snowy masses of white flowers borne upon 

 low plants with white leaves; riyht, Coreopsis, a well-known flower for cutting. 



