Native American Ferns and Wild Flowers 
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HARDY NATIVE WILD FLOWERS and GROUND-COVER PLANTS, continued 
LINARIA vulgaris. Common Toadflax. 1 ft. Yellow blossoms 3 10 100 
in July and August. Light, sandy soil.SO 60 SI 50 S10 00 
LINNAEA americana. Twinflower. Dainty pink flowers in 
pairs. Evergreen vine. Shade. 75 2 00 15 00 
LITHOSPERMUM canescens. Hoary Puccoon. 6 to 18 in. 
Yellow flowers in clusters in May and June. Sun. 60 1 50 12 00 
LOBELIA cardinalis. Cardinal Flower. Bright scarlet flowers 
in 6-inch spikes on 2 to 3-foot stalks in brooks and ponds 60 1 50 12 00 
syphilitica. Large Blue Lobelia. 1 to 3 ft. Similar to the 
Cardinal Flower except that the flowers are blue. 60 1 50 12 00 
LYSIMACHIA nummularia. Moneywort. A very vigorous 
ground-cover. Yellow flowers. 60 1 50 12 00 
LYTHRUM salicaria. Purple Loosestrife. Spikes of purple 
flowers on 2 to 4-foot stems in July and August, in our 
bogs and along streams. 60 1 50 12 00 
MAIANTHEMUM canadense. False Lily-of-the-Valley. 
Spikes of white flowers on 4-inch stems, followed by red 
berries. A good ground-cover for dry woods. 60 1 50 12 00 
MEDEOLA virginica. Cucumber-root. Curious whorled leaves 
on 1 to 2-foot stems. Greenish yellow flowers followed by 
blue fruits. 60 1 50 12 00 
MENTHA spicata. Spearmint. 1 to 2 ft. All of us know the 
aromatic flavor of the leaves of this plant. For planting 
in moist ground. 60 1 50 12 00 
MITCHELLA repens. Partridge Berry. One of the best 
ground-covers for a shady place with its evergreen leaves, 
pink and white blossoms in June, and its scarlet berries 
in the fall. 60 1 50 12 00 
MITELLA diphylla. Bishopscap. The white flowers appear 
in May on 1-foot stems. For the shady rock-garden. 60 1 50 12 00 
MONARDA fistulosa. Wildbergamot. Lavender blossoms on 
2 to 4-foot stems in midsummer. 60 1 50 12 00 
MONESES uniflora. One-flowered Pyrola. A Pyrola with 
delightful, single, waxy white flowers on 4-inch stems in 
June. Shade. 75 2 00 15 00 
NEPETA cataria. Catnip. 2 ft. Naturalized from Europe .... 75 2 00 15 00 
hederacea. Ground-ivy. A ground-cover for the herb- 
garden in either sun or shade. Pale blue flowers. 60 1 50 12 00 
OXALIS violacea. Woodsorrel. The plant grows from 4 to 9 
inches tall and has dainty pink blossoms. 60 1 50 12 00 
PARNASSIA caroliniana. Grass of Parnassus. White, waxy 
blossoms on 1-foot stems in August, in open bogs and 
moist places. 60 1 50 12 00 
PEDICULARIS canadensis. Early Woodbetony. A curious, 
dry-soil plant with gray-green leaves and brown and 
yellow flowers in June. 60 1 50 12 00 
PHLOX amoena. Amoena Phlox. Low-growing Phlox with 
pink blossoms. 60 1 50 12 00 
bifida. Cleft Phlox. 3 to 6 in. A low-growing Phlox from 
the sandy lands of the Middle West. Pale purple. Sun 
or shade. 60 1 50 12 00 
divaricata. Blue Phlox. Excellent for naturalizing in woods 
with its lavender-blue flowers on 1-foot stems in May. ... 60 1 50 12 00 
glaberrima. Smooth Phlox. A prairie Phlox that grows 
1 to 3 feet high, with pink blossoms in July. 60 1 50 12 00 
