WAKE ROBIN FARM, HOME, PENNSYLVANIA 
Joe Pye Weed; Trumpet Weed (Eupatorium purpureum). Grows 3 to 7 feet 
high. Dense terminal flower clusters, soft pink (‘crushed raspberry”) in color. 
An autumn flower, connecting summer and fall, appearing in August and 
September. Easily cultivated and fine for massing. Named for a New England 
Indian, Joe Pye, who used it to cure fever. The little blossoms may be 
considered trumpet-shaped. It likes moist ground and arranges well with tall 
companions, such as wild rice, sunflowers, helenium and other wet-soil plants. 
25c each; $2.00 for 10. 
Lady’s Slipper, Pink; Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium acaule). This Orchid grows 
about a foot high and sends up two broad green leaves from the base, and 
from between comes the flower stalk, bearing a crimson-pink to madder-purple 
flower of delicate fragrance, in May and June. Should have a well-drained soil, 
as it loses color from too much moisture. It grows vigorously, in crumbling 
logs, deep woods, stony soil, or tiny rock ledges. -The Indian-moccasin shape 
of the flower pouch is uncommonly well named. 25c each; $2.00 for 10. 
Lady’s Slipper, Showy (Cypripedium spectabile). So beautiful is this Orchid that 
it draws the “flower pickers.” Better that it be preserved and spread as widely 
as possible in home gardens and yards. The flower is very fragrant, frosty 
white, stained crimson-magenta, in June and July. The plant grows about 2 
feet high and is the finest and showiest of the native Orchids. It grows 
naturally in swamps and wet woodlands. It does well and persists indefinitely 
when planted in continuously moist ground, in either sun or shade. 30c each 
(crown); $2.50 for 10. 
Lady’s Slipper, Yellow; Whip-Poor-Will’s Shoe (Cypripedium pubescens or C. 
parviflorum). The flowers of the Common Yellow Lady’s Slipper are yellow, 
streaked with madder-purple, and come in May and June. This handsome 
plant seems to prefer soil that is both rich and stony, with ample moisture. 
It selects woods where the trees drop their leaves, as maples, beeches and 
butternuts, preferably on sloping ground. One authority credits the Yellow 
Lady’s Slipper with an “alert, startled look, when surprised”. Very easily estab- 
lished. 25c each; $2.00 for 10. ~ 
Leather Woodfern; Marginal Shield Fern; Evergreen Wood Fern (Thelypteris 
marginalis). Frond about 2 feet long, tending to fall down late in summer, but 
they stay green all Winter, until the new fronds appear. Distinctive for the 
thick, leathery texture, giving rise to the now standard name. Large rootstock. 
Hides in snug crevices, among roots and rocks, on hillsides and in woods. 
25c each; $2.00 for 10. 
Lily, Turkscap (Lilium superbum). Considered by some the most gorgeous of 
all the wild flowers, the American Turkscap Lily seems closely allied to a lily 
abundant in Palestine. Grows 3 to 7 feet tall and bears orange-yellow flowers 
in July and August. Does best in open, moist places. Thrives where roots and 
stems are protected and the soil is kept somewhat moist. Bulbs are set 6 to 8 
inches deep. 35c each; $3.00 for 10. ; 
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