LINVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, U. S. A. 
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OONVALLARIA majalis (Lily of the Valley). See cut. Everyone 
knows this beautiful little garden plant, with 
its one-sided raceme of fragrant nodding 
flowers jSo 15 $0 50 
.■COREOPSIS verticillata. One of the best 
of the coreopsis, with finely cut leaves and 
abundant ysllow flowers 20 75 
CYPRIPEDIUMS. See under Orchids. 
DICENTRA eximea. Best of all the genus, 
blooming from spring till autumn ; the rose- 
colored blossoms in a drooping raceme ; 
forms thick clumps, with light feathery 
foliage 25 I 00 
DIPHYLIiEIA cymosa (Umbrella Leaf). 
Grows best in wet places, bearing two 
OONVALLARIA MAJALIS. 'afge lobed leaves and a terminal cyme of 
white 25 I 00 
*EPIGEA repens (Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower). The most popu- 
lar, probably, of all our native wild flowers ; diflicult to transplant, 
but when established, spreads rapidly, and well repays all the 
trouble given it with its deliciously fragrant white or pink flowers, 
produced in long clusters in early May 20 75 
*GALiAX aphylla (Colt's Foot). A smooth plant with heart-shaped 
crenate-toothed and shining evergreen leaves. The small white 
flowers are borne on a scape, i to 2 feet high, forming a beautiful 
dense spiked raceme. The thick leaves (often turning to crimson 
in late fall) are extensively used in winter decorating 20 75 
GATTLiTHERIA procumbens (Wintergreen Checkerberry). A low 
highly aromatic plant with dark green leaves and clusters of bright 
red, edible berries, all through the winter per 100, S4. . 10 35 
G-ENTIANA Andrewsii (Colored Gentian). An upright, smooth, 
branching stem, bearing clusters of flowers inch or more long, 
in September 20 60 
*HEPATIOA acutiloba (Sharp-Leaved Hepatica). This delicate 
little plant is one of the earliest visitors in spring ; the white or 
purple flowers are borne on hairy scapes, appearing as early as 
Feb-ruary or early March 15 50 
*H. triloba (Round-lobed Hepatica). Very much similar to the 
acutiloba, but with the leaf lobes rounded 15 50 
*H. triloba alba. A variety of the last with white flowers 20 50 
HOUSTONIA purpurea. Forms thick clumps, 6 to 12 inches high, 
growing in rich dry ground. The blue flowers very abundant .... 15 50 
. serpyllifolia (Bluets). Blooming nearly all summer, the bright 
blue or white flowers rising from a carpet of minute leaves. I^amp 
soil 15 50 
IRIS cristata (Crested Dwarf Iris). A low plant with handsome 
bright blue flowers, the outer ones beautifully crested. May 20 60 
*I. verna (Dwarf Iris). Another fine iris, its bright blue fragrant 
flowers appearing in early April, filling the woods with a delightful 
springy odor 20 60 
ILIUM Grayi (Gray's Lily). Dr. Asa Gray, in 1840, discovered a 
single specimen of this rare lily on Roan mountain. North Caro- 
lina, and it was found later, though almost as scarce as the first 
time, on the peaks of Otter, Virginia, and again by us in 1888 in 
Mitchell county, this state. The flowers, one to nine on a stem, 
are dark colored, of a deep reddish orange, uniformly dotted 
within with rather small purple spots. Blooms in June and July. 
L. superbum (Turk's Cap Lily). A very showy and handsome 
lily, often attaining the height of 8 feet or more, and bearing 
large showy flowers in a pyramidal raceme. We have seen it in 
its wild state with 36 flowers on a single stem 20 75 
