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Adder’s-tongue lily has yellow bells and pretty spotted leaves, 
and spreads readily. This would do well in a lily bed. The 
them up knows. Spring-beauty is a white flower, veined with 
pink nine ata a solid id mat a is eras to fillin with. The 
e bellworts belong in the same 
‘6odland: places along with ae pie and the little smilacina. 
ild ginger should be planted in some shady nook for the 
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railing arbutus or mayflower, Mr. Edward Gillett’s direc- 
tions are: “Selec spot where there is perfect drainage, 
a dry sandy soil is preferable, cover the plants with ab 
inch of leaves or eno to k the ground cool and moist, and 
let th hole season, as it takes that time to get 
the arbutus well established.” One difficulty with arbu is 
that it depends upon mycorrhiza or fungous growth on its roots 
requiring special soil conditions is accounts for many 
failures. owever, in the Department of Agriculture in Wash- 
osphoric and other acid ingredients to the soil. They seem 
to like sour food, so keep barnyard manure away from your 
arbutus bed, and mulch with leaves. 
— boys isa a CreeD INE: aaa vine he wie a 
soms ani winter. Shin-l 
wild lily-of- the-valley on account of its fragrance; princess Hie 
has evergreen leaves and interesting white flowers, and rattle- 
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group of plants of mediu eight to use. Jack-in-the-pulpit, 
beloved of all children, wake robins, both our common kind with 
red-brown flowers and the white one called wood lily; uae 
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Solomon’s seal and false Solomon's seal go in this co. 
The blue-berried cohosh loves the same kind of a place, nae 
it will grow in the open too; also the baneberry and the snake- 
