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native on dry, rocky hills and sandy banks from New 
York west to Hlinois and south to Kentucky and Florida. 
For transplanting native phlox, take up clumps, with 
as much soil as will cling to the roots, early in the 
spring when leaves begin to form. 
the first year, though better re- 
sults may be expected after they 
have become established. 
THE Spring BEAUTY 
The spring beauty (Claytonia 
virginica) isa very delicate plant, 
making its home in rich, moist 
woods where the soil is clayey. 
It sends up smooth, threadlike 
stems from deep tubers, bearing 
a pair of opposite leaves and sev- 
eral flowers. Its flower is rose 
color with veins of deeper pink 
starting from a yellow center. 
Transplant tubers at any time 
after the foliage dies down in 
The plants will bloom 
Fic. 71. Spring Beauty 
(Claytonia virginica) 
summer. To take up plants in the spring, cut the soil 
around each to a depth of four or five inches, with a 
trowel or spade, lift out a clump containing a plant, 
and reset without disturbing either the roots or the 
delicate stems. This may be easily done when plants 
grow in the sod, as they sometimes do. Blooms may be 
