242 FLOWER GARDENING 
finger-shaped blossoms of foxglove are the digit of 
Digitalis, and so on, help the memory. Adding spe- 
cific names you get, Campanula persicifolia (peach- 
leaved bellflower) Anemone pennsylvanica (Penn- 
sylvanian anemone), Dianthus neglectus (neglected 
pink), Primula vulgaris (common primrose) and 
Digitalis purpurea (purple foxglove). 
Pair off the various worts with the respective 
generic names and note the close relationship in 
some cases—such as Saponaria (soapwort), Plum- 
bago (leadwort) and Pulmonaria (lungwort). 
Woundwort (Stachys) has reference to the use of 
the woolly leaves to stop the flow of blood. Some 
of the other worts are more difficult; so are the 
banes—wolf’s (Aconitum), leopard’s (Doroni- 
cum) and flea (Erigeron or Inula). 
Labels are always a good aid to the memory, but 
should be relied upon less and less for species. For 
varieties they will always be necessary to a certain 
degree, as it would be foolish, even if possible, to 
burden the mind beyond a reasonable limit in that 
direction. Keep all labels out of sight wherever 
the planting is decorative; if there is a reserve gar- 
den use such tags on the memory there, so far as 
this can be done. 
