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FALSE MITREWORT (Tiarella cordifolia). White. May; 6 to 12 inches. 

 Foamy masses of small flowers borne above the tuft of foliage. 

 Cool soil and full or half shade. In effect the dwarf counterpart 

 of the plume poppy. 



*FoRGET-ME-NoT (Myosotis palustris). Along streams. See HERBA- 

 CEOUS PLANTS, p. 221. 



GENTIAN, CLOSED (Gentiana Andrewsi). Blue, occasionally white. 

 August to October; I to 2 feet. Flowers in a compact terminal 

 cluster, large and usually quite closed. A strong-growing plant 

 for rich, moist soil in partial shade. Excellent along banks of 



streams. , FRINGED (G. crinita). Violet. September, October; 



I to 3 feet. Flower-tube about two inches long, with flat, expanded 

 lobes, prettily fringed. A biennial, and in some places the seed is 

 killed by frost. Sow fresh seed in moist woods and meadows; or 

 in cultivation on a seed bed of sphagnum moss as first described in 

 The Garden Magazine for December, 1905. Makes a tiny rosette 



the first year. , NARROW-LEAVED (G. linearis). Blue. August, 



September; 6 inches to 2 feet. Similar to the closed gentian, but 

 tipped with white. Profuse flowering. Perfectly hardy. Moist 

 places in open sun and in bogs. The easiest gentian to naturalise. 



*GOLDENROD (Species of Solidago). Plumose, yellow. The most char- 

 acteristic yellow-flowered plants of late summer and fall. , WOOD- 

 LAND (S. caesia). August, September; I to 3 feet. For moist 



shade. , FIELD (S. nemoralis). July to November. ^ to 2 feet. 



Best low grower for dry, open places. , CANADA (S. Cana- 



densis). August to November. 2 to 8 feet. Best tall kind for 

 open places. 



GOLD THREAD (Coptis tr if olio). White with yellow base. May to 

 July; 6 inches. For carpeting moist, shady soils and on clay. 

 Evergreen, shiny leaves. 



*GRASS PINK (Calopogon pulchellus). Purplish pink. June, July; 

 I foot. Grass-like leaves in spring. Swamps and peat bogs, also 

 sandy soil if moist. One of the brightest native orchids with 6 to 

 12 flowers to a stalk. 



HAREBELL, BLUEBELL (Campanula rotund if olio). Blue, rarely white. 

 May to July; 6 inches. Dark, shaded places, but open; also rocky 

 crevices, and full sun in high altitudes only. 



