Native American Ferns and Wild Flowers 
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Dodecatheon meadia. See page 12 
HARDY NATIVE WILD FLOWERS and GROUND-COVER PLANTS, continued 
GALAX aphylla. Galax. 1 ft. This plant prefers acid shade 3 10 100 
and has a 6-inch spike of white flowers in June. Ever¬ 
green leaves.$0 75 $2 00 $15 00 
GAULTHERIA procumbens. Wintergreen. 2 to 6 in. An 
evergreen ground-cover with aromatic leaves. Bright red 
berries all winter. It grows in sun or partial shade and 
requires an acid soil. 
GENTIANA andrewsi. Closed Gentian. 1 to 13^ ft. The 
purple-blue flowers come in September. Easily grown in 
moist sun or shade. 
linearis. Narrowleaf Gentian. 13^ ft. A porcelain-blue 
Blind Gentian that blossoms in August. 
GERANIUM maculatum. Wild Geranium. 1 ft. A native of 
the woods and fields. Rose-purple blossoms in May and 
June. 
robertianum. Herb Robert. 1 ft. Native of the rocky 
woods with a more intense red-purple blossom. 
HEPATICA acutiloba. Sharplobe Hepatica. 8 in. White to 
purple blossoms in April. It is evergreen and requires some 
shade. 
triloba. Roundlobe Hepatica. 8 in. An acid-soil Hepatica 
with white to blue flowers. 
HEUCHERA americana. American Alum-root. 1 to 2 ft. 
Large, beautifully mottled leaves and lacy greenish white 
flowers in late June. 
HOUSTONIA caerulea. Bluets. 3 to 4 in. Dainty cushion-like 
plant with pale blue to white blossoms in the open sun or 
partial shade in April. 
serpyllifolia. Creeping Bluets. 3 to 6 in. Blue flowers all 
summer. A fine rock-garden plant. 
HYDRASTIS canadensis. Goldenseal. 1 to 13^ ft. A fine 
medicinal herb. 
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