AN AMATEUR WILD, FLOWER BED. 165 
Unless otherwise stated the plants have been brought from 
the nearby woods of the river. A few from the prairie were 
put in the outermost corner. 
I. PLANTS INTENTIONALLY INTRODUCED. 
1. Matteucia struthiopteris. OSTRICH FERN. This was the 
first plant introduced, three or four large crowns being 
brought from the woods before the frost was entirely out of 
the ground. Such good specimens were expected to produce 
handsome plants but no amount of watching could detect 
signs of growth. After some time plants appeared at one 
side of the old crowns. Gray’s Manual states that ‘‘the under- 
ground stolons bear fronds the next year’’ but does not indi- 
cate the length of life of the crown. These stolons are pe- 
culiar, the scale of the node appearing as if a knife cut had 
been made about an inch long and midway through the stem. 
Two or three small plants transplanted the last of May 
showed little ill effect. 
2. Uvularia grandiyora. LARGE BELLWORT. A large 
clump of this was transplanted the last of May when flower- 
ing was nearly past. It has done well and is a valuable addi- 
tion to the collection. 
3. Uvularia sessilifolia. SMALL BELLWORT. One lot of 
this was brought in but I believe the plants have not survived 
after the first year or two. 
4. Trillium cernuum. NODDING WAKE ROBIN. These seen 
to have grown fairly well but have been in only a couple 
years. 
5. Hrythronium albidum. WHITE ADDER’S TONGUE. Bulbs 
from northeastern Kansas were planted in the fall of 1918. 
The plants have come up each spring but have not made a 
very good growth. No flowers have been produced. 
6. Vagnera stellata. STAR-FLOWERED SOLOMON’S SEAL. 
This was brought in one spring but up do not remember 
whether it is alive yet or not. 
7. Anemone quinquefolia. WIND FLOWER. Two attempts 
were made to transplant this but it has not become estab- 
lished. 
8. Aquilegia canadensis. COLUMBINE. This was brought 
