May-June Trees, Plants and Shrubs that Should be Protected 
Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) scarlet-yellow. Found on 
rocky hillsides and borders of wooded glens. Fertilized by moss 
and long-tongued insects. Special protection needed in Ohio, 
Massachusetts, "West Kentucky and parts of North Carolina. 
Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens). In New England it is 
called Mayflower. Pink and white, sweet scented. Found in 
Evergreen woods as far west as Minnesota and from Maine to 
Florida. The flower is nectar bearing and is visited by the 
earliest queen bees. It should be protected everywhere, as pick- 
ing destroys the plants. It is fast becoming extinct in Massachu- 
setts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Northern 
Michigan. "We should discourage the sale of it and refuse the 
purchase of it from florists and street venders. This will be a 
difficult matter for most of us. 
Azalea (Khodendron in variety). Pink, flame color, orange- 
yellow, etc. Most of these are to be found in swamps; the flame 
Azalea in dry woodlands from New York, Pennsylvania to 
Georgia. Massachusetts, Maryland and Virginia need protection. 
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris), wrongfully called Cow- 
slip. Yellow flower. Found in wet meadows from Maine to South 
Carolina and west. Fertilized by beautiful yellow flies of family 
Sylphidae. Ohio, West Kentucky and Illinois need special 
protection. 
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida). Tall shrub or tree, 
with white flowers appearing with the leaves in spring. Fruit 
scarlet in bunches. New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, 
Long Island, Ohio and Kentucky should protect it. 
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia.) Light magenta, pink- 
magenta or white flowers. Five long corolla divisions are strong- 
ly turned backward. The exposed stamens are close together, 
grouped like a cone, found in moist hillsides, cliffs, open woods 
or prairies, from Pennsylvania to South Dakota, south to Georgia 
to Texas. The name means "twelve gods," twelve being the num- 
ber of flowerets found on a stalk. It should be protected wherever 
found, as it is easily discouraged. (Editor's note: By enrich- 
ment and a little care the Shooting Star has yielded fifty-five 
flowerets on a stalk, with increasing size of the stalk). 
Ground Pine. See special article by Mrs. Max Farrand in 
this issue. 
Laurel (Kalmia latefolia). White and pinkish. The beauti- 
ful flowers are born in large dome-shaped clusters, while the 
leaves are evergreen, shiny dark green, elliptical and toothless. 
The flowers are much sought after when in bloom and the leaves 
coveted all the year round for every sort of decoration. Found 
in woodlands, preferring sandy soil or rocky slopes from Maine, 
south and west to Tennessee and Ohio. The sale of Laurel should 
be stopped, for it is rapidly becoming extinct. 
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