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Isaac Langley Williams • Exeter, New Hampshire 
Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty) 
See page 13 
Iris cristata (Crested Iris). See page 16 
HARDY NATIVE WILD FLOWERS and GROUND-COVER PLANTS, continued 
AQUILEGIA caerulea. Rocky Mountain Columbine. Large 
blue and white flowers. June. 
canadensis. American Columbine. 1 to 2 ft. Our best rock- 
plant with its profusion of red and yellow flowers in May. 
Grows in either sun or shade. 
chrysantha. Yellow Columbine. 2 ft. Pure yellow. Blooms 
all summer. Sun. 
ARALIA nudicaulis. Wild Sarsaparilla. 1ft. Large blue berries 
in late summer, in shade. 
racemosa. American Spikenard. 2 to 3 ft. Moist shade. 
Red berries. 
ARENARIA stricta. Sandwort. 5 to 10 in. White. Late sum¬ 
mer. Excellent for the sunny rock-garden. 
ARUNCUS Sylvester. Goat’s-beard. 3 to 7 ft. Blossoms white 
in large branched clusters. June. Shade. 
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ASARUM canadense. Canada Wild Ginger. 3 to 6 in. A 
creeping plant with curious chocolate-brown blossoms 
hidden under the beautiful leaves. Good ground-cover 
plant in partial shade. Ginger-flavored root. 
virginicum. Heartleaf Wild Ginger. 3 to 6 in. Large, 
thick evergreen leaves. Shade. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa. Butterfly Weed. 1 ft. Gorgeous orange 
flowers in dry soil. Full sun. July and August. 
ASTER cordifolius. Heartleaved Aster. 1 to 3 ft. Lavender 
flowers in profusion in September and October. Frost- 
resistant . 
ericoides. Heath Aster. 1 to 3 ft. Bears a profusion of 
snow-white flowers in September. 
linariifolius. Savory-leaved Aster. 6 to 18 in. A tufted 
plant with violet flowers. Requires a sandy, acid soil . . . 
novae-angliae. New England Aster. 3 to 7 ft. Gorgeous 
royal purple blossoms from mid-August to late September 
novi-belgi. New York Aster. 3 to 5 ft. Violet-blue flowers 
in profusion in September. 
umbellatus. Flat-top Aster. 5 to 7 ft. Large showy white 
flowers. Good for naturalizing in moist shade. 
undulatus. Wave Aster. 2 ft. Violet-blue flowers in 
September. 
BAPTISIA australis. Blue False Indigo. 4 to 6 ft. Indigo- 
blue. July, August. Worthy of a place in any garden. . . 
bracteata. Cream Wild-indigo. Tall 1-foot racemes of pure 
white. Prefers open, dry slopes. June. 
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