6 HARDY PLANTS FOR THE HOME GARDEN 

soil, shade, and plenty of moisture. Large white flowers with pouch flushed 
rose-purple on leafy stems up to 30 inches. The latest to flower, in late June. 
100 for $30.00; 12 for $4.00; 3 for $1.00; Each 40c. 
WHITE LADY SLIPPER Cypripedium candidum 
Found in open meadows just above swampy areas in neutral to slightly 
alkaline soil. In cultivation give constant moisture, neutral or slightly limy 
soil, and light shifting shade. Our nursery stock has responded to a top-dressing 
of bone meal. Small ivory-white slippers on 12 inch leafy stems in May. 100 
for $30.00; 12 for $4.00; 3 for $1.00; Each 40c. 
YELLOW LADY SLIPPER Cypripedium pubescens 
The easiest of the Lady Slippers to grow and always lovely. Just plant 
them among your ferns and other wild flowers where they will have moderate 
shade and not too dry a situation. A slightly acid leaf mold soil is appreciated. 
Yellow and brown effect on leafy stems up to 18 inches in May. 100 for $20.00; 
12 for $3.50;°3 for '95c; | Hach':35c. 
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Our native Lady Slippers are perhaps the most popular of all our 
wild flowers. All the Cypripediums are sold by the bud, thus a clump 
with six buds is counted the same as six plants. 
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PURPLE FRINGED ORCHID Habenaria psycodes 
Showy July flowering in dense spikes of lilac flowers. From our open mea- 
dows in neutral or slightly limy soil. 12 for $4.00; 3 for $1.00; Each 40c. 
PUTTY-ROOT Aplectum hyemale 
Also called Adam and Eve. Has a large plantain-like leaf that persists over 
winter. Flowers yellowish on a spike. From our upland woods. 12 for $2.50; 
3 for 65c; Each 25c. 
RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN Epipactis pubescens 
Low rosette of white-veined leaves. Excellent in terrariums and, in the 
shaded wild garden, notable for late summer spikes of white flowers as well. 12 
for $2.00; 3 for 50c; Each 20c. 
WOODLAND PLANTS FOR SHADE 
ALUM-ROOT Heuchera americana 
Flowers not showy but the green and bronzed leaves make excellent foliage 
effect. May be used in part sun. 12 for $2.00; Each 20c. 
BANEBERRY, RED Actaea rubra 
Baneberries add interest and color to the shaded wild garden when flowers 
are scarce. Sturdy plants two feet high with fluffy balls of white flowers in early 
May. In July come the colorful scarlet berries. 100 for $15.00; 12 for $2.00; 
Each 20c. 
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BANEBERRY, WHITE Actaea alba 
A little taller plant than red baneberry, otherwise much alike. Ivory-white 
berries with black tips, sometimes likened to doll’s eyes, in August. In a well- 
prepared bed one of the most permanent of wild flowers. 100 for $15.00; 12 for 
.92.00; Hach 25c. 
