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Thermopsis Caroliniana 
Showy, tall-growing plant; foliage resem- 
bling clover; flowers pea-shaped, bright yellow. 
Blooms in June and July 
Tickseed • Coreopsis 
Yellow (C. auriculata). Fine for cut-flowers; 
flowers solitary on long stalks; yellow; blooms 
in June. 2 to 3 feet. 
Torch Lily - Tritoma Kniphofia 
Glaucescens. Large spikes of vermilion- 
scarlet flowers, shading to orange; exceedingly 
free blooming; invaluable late in the autumn. 
Commonly known. 
Valerian • Valeriana 
Officinalis. Has large trusses of light 
lavender flowers; fragrant and showy foliage; 
blooms in June. About 4 feet 
Windflower Anemone 
Japonica. Fine for the herbaceous border; 
grows up fresh from the roots each spring. The 
peculiar leaves are very attractive until fall, 
when spikes of beautiful blossoms appear and 
remain for weeks. Single blooms are about 
Shasta Daisies 
Primula Veris 
WINDFLOWER, continued 
2 inches in diameter. Single red and single 
white. 
Japanese Red {A. Japonica rubra). Leaves 
dark green; stems clustered, bearing a great 
wealth of large and beautiful flowers from late 
summer until frost. Bright purple-rose, with 
golden centers. 3 to 5 feet. 
Japanese White (A. Japonica alba). Large 
and showy white flowers, with golden center. 
Wood Lily • Trillium 
Erectum. Very effective and showy; flowers 
early; color brownish purple; not pleasantly 
flavored. 
Grandiflorum. Has large white flowers and 
can be domesticated for garden culture. 
Wormwood • Artemisia 
Pontica. An interesting plant, with hand- 
some silvery foliage for which it is more valued 
than for its bloom. 
Vulgaris. The common Wormwood, or 
Mugwort. Chiefly grown for its foliage, which 
has a pungent odor and bitter taste, an infu- 
sion containing certain tonic properties that 
are considered of medicinal value. 
Yarrow, or Milfoil • Achillea 
The PearL Small, pure white, double flow- 
ers, produced in profusion during July. In- 
valuable for borders, i foot. 
