WILD FLOWERS 125 
means of a thickened, filiform, whitish or brown rootstock. 
The plant will bloom the first season if considerable soil is 
taken up with the roots 
early in the spring. 
The rue anemone 
(Anemonella thalictroi- 
des) rises from a cluster 
of thickened roots; it 
lives in the open woods 
under the same condi- 
tions as the windflower. 
The white or pinkish 
flowers (in groups, gen- 
erally of three) are 
poised on stems that are 
very slender and spring 
from the leaf whorl. 
Transplant the same 
as the windflower. 
THE BLoopDROOoT 
The bloodroot (San- 
guinaria canadensis) is 
a pretty but fragile 
plant that blooms very 
hes 
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Fre. 61. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) 
early in the spring. It likes moist, sheltered places on 
rich north hillsides. The thick, prostrate rootstock sends 
up a lobed leaf and a stem with one handsome white 
