Native American Ferns and Wild Flowers 
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HARDY NATIVE WILD FLOWERS and GROUND-COVER PLANTS, continued 
RANUNCULUS bulbosus. Bulbous Buttercup. Grows in 3 10 loo 
compact clumps with large yellow flowers on 1-foot stems 
in June and July. 
RUDBECKIA hirta. Black-eyed-susan. 2 ft. Orange-yellow 
with purple-brown centers. A biennial. 
SANGUISORBA canadensis. American Burnet. 4 ft. Tall 
spikes of creamy white flowers. Grows in wet meadows 
and along brooks. 
SAPONARIA officinalis. Bouncing-bet. 2 ft. Escaped from 
cultivation. Pink and white flowers. 
SAXIFRAGA pennsylvanica. Swamp Saxifrage. A rosette of 
waxy green leaves from which the 2-foot flower-stalk 
grows. Flowers greenish. 
virginiensis. Virginia Saxifrage. Easily grown rock-plant 
that likes sun or partial shade. White. 
SHORTIA galacifolia. Oconee-bells. 6 in. Evergreen ground- 
cover, with bell-shaped white flowers. Suited for shade 
SILENE stellata. Starry Campion. 2 ft. Fringed white flowers 
in June. 
virginica. Firepink. 1 ft. Brilliant scarlet flowers in June. 
Sun or partial shade. 
SMILACINA racemosa. False Solomonseal. 2 ft. White 
flowers in May followed by a cluster of red berries. Sun 
or partial shade. 
SOLIDAGO bicolor. Silver-rod. 2 ft. A small white Goldenrod 
nemoralis. Dwarf Goldenrod. 6 to 18 in. A dwarf type of 
Goldenrod. 
sempervirens. Seaside Goldenrod. 2 to 4 ft. Grows in the 
sand along our beaches and also in salt marshes. 
STREPTOPUS roseus. Twistedstalk. 2 ft. Pink flowers in 
May, followed by scarlet berries in July, on stout twisted 
stalks. Rich soil in partial shade. 
STYLOPHORUM diphyllum. Celandine-poppy. Yellow ter¬ 
minal flowers on 1 to 1 ^ 2 -foot stems in May in either sun 
or shade. 
THALICTRUM dioicum. Early Meadowrue. 2 ft. Misty 
purplish flowers in May in rich woods. 
polygamum. Tall Meadowrue. 4 to 8 ft. Very showy white 
flowers in summer. Prefers moist meadows or bogs in sun 
or shade. 
TIARELLA cordifolia. Foamflower. 6 to 8 in. Fluffy heads of 
white. Fine for massing in moist partial shade. 
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Tiarella cordifolia and Trillium undulatum. See above and page 10 
