1. Spring Wild Flowers. 
This is one of a series of check lists prepared especially 
for the flower lovers and garden enthusiasts of Cincinnati. The rest 
of the lists can be obtained from the presidents of the various chapters 
of the Federated Garden Clubs, from the president of the Ohio Wild Flower 
Preservation Society, or from the compiler. The cost of issuing these 
lists is defrayed ty the sale of seeds of the plants listed. Fresh seeds 
of any of these flowers are now in stock or can be collected. Orders can 
be given by mail or by telephone. 
Of the wild flowers in the present list all seed packets are 
ten cents except those enumerated below, which are twenty-five cents. 
3. WHITE BANEBerry (Actaea alba): Sturdy plant, about knee-high, with 
white flowers followed by china-white berries in summer. 
10. BLUE-EYED-MARY ( Collinsi a verna ): Self-seeding annual with unusually 
pretty blue and white flowers in abundance; prefers humid conditions. 
11. BLUETS (Houstonia caerulea): Dainty biennial easily naturalized in 
moist grassy places; soon forms sheets of pale violet-blue. 
19. BLUE COHOSH (Caulophyllum thalictroides): Rather large plant with 
Columbine-type leaves, small yellow flowers, and very conspicuous 
blue 'berries' in midsummer. This, with the White Baneberry, Scarlet 
Horse-gentian and May-apple will give red, white, blue and yellow 
berries at the same time (late June). 
40. FIRE PINK (Silene virginica): Our most brilliant wild flower; the 
bright red flowers are attractive to hummingbirds. 
50. HEPAT1CA (Hepatica acutiloba): Very early bloomer with violet, pink 
or white and sometimes fragrant flowers; leaves evergreen. 
61. MERTENS1A (Mertensia virginica): Lovely delicate wild flower, easy to 
naturalize; foliage soft bluish-green; flowers in clusters of slender 
bells or tubes changing from blue to pink in withering. 
67. SHOWY ORCHIS (Orchis spectabilis): Rare and delicate plant with pretty 
pink and white flowers and characteristic, nearly veinless, leaves. 
87. SHOOTING STAR (Dodccatheon Meadia): Odd plant with gracefully poised 
flowers; not hard to naturalize in wild flower gardens. 
104. SYNANDRA (Synandra hispidula): Rare mint with large white Catalpa- 
like flov/er. Biennial but self-sows if given opportunity. 
List compiled and seeds collected by 
David Marx, naturalist 
550 Rose Kill Ave. University 1977V/ 
