THE SMALL PLACE 



(Taxus canadensis). For the fall there are 

 white-berried Cornus paniculata. Viburnum acer- 

 folium with autumn-tinted maple-leaved foli- 

 age and black fruit, and Witch-hazels whose 

 very late flowers and yellowed foliage herald 

 the winter. 



It would seem as if the picture were complete 

 and yet these trees and shrubs form but a back- 

 ground for hundreds upon hundreds of plants that 

 love wood soil and shade. All the early wild 

 flowers are there, Bloodroots and Dutchman's 

 Breeches, Hepatica and Spring Beauties, Arbutus 

 and Partridge Berries, Columbines and wild Bleed- 

 ing Hearts, Mandrakes and Wild Ginger. There 

 are Violets and Trilliums in great variety, many 

 kinds of Lady Slippers (Cypripediimis, Habanarias, 

 Orchis spectabilis) and a complete collection of 

 ferns. There are Solomon's Seals and Mertensias, 

 groups of Cimicifuga racemosa (the white Snake- 

 root), and bold masses of Eupatoriums and wild 

 Asters. There are Bluets and wild blue Lupines 

 and lilac blue Phlox divaricata. Monarda (the 

 Bee Balm) makes a bright spot of color, orange 

 and red Wood Lilies {Lilium candense, Lilium 

 philadel-phicum, and Lilium superbum) are growing 

 in gay masses, and in more secluded and sheltered 



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