WAKE ROBIN FARM, HOME, PENNSYLVANIA 
Bishop’s Cap; Mitrewort (Mitella diphylla). The white flowers on a slender raceme 
rise 8 to 16 inches high, each blossom a tiny cap. Blooms April and May. A 
gem for the shady rock garden. 25c each; $2:50 for 12. 
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). Grows 1 to 2 feet tall in open places and brilliant 
sunshine. A mid-summer flower, June to August, brighten- 
. ing dried fields and meadows. Deep golden blooms, gay 
wy and laughing, to color any open spot in the garden. Bi 
ennial. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Bleeding Heart, Wild (Dicentra eximia). Delicate foliage, with 
deep rose flowers, blooming May to August. This rare 
species, found on stony slopes, and growine a foot high, 
is splendid for the rock garden. Prefers moderately acid 
soil. Also called the Fringed Bleeding Heart. 35c¢ each. 

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Bee Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis). Low-growing perennial, 6 
to 10 inches high. Fragile white flower, an inch or two 
wide, with a golden center. Blooms in April, followed by 
heart-shaped leaves which remain until autumn. If plucked, it exudes a blood-like 
juice from the root, which stains. Indians used this sap to decorate their faces. 
Elusive, tender, and altogether alluring is this ephemeral flower. Tolerates dry, light, 
neutral soil. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Bluebell; Harebell; Bluebells of Scotland (Campanula rotundifolia). Dainty but ex- 
tremely hardy, withstanding flood and drought with equal persistence. Grows equally 
well in sandy soil, rocky cliffs and crevices, in field or forest, mountain or meadow, 
in places dry or moist, in sunshine or shadow. Persistent, satisfying, easily estab- 
lished. Produces bluebells from June to late autumn. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Bluebells, Virginia; Virginia Cowslip; Lungwort (Mertensia virginica). The rare beauty 
of Virginia Bluebells, we think, is in the clear, sky-blue coloring of the small trumpet- 
shaped flowers, on erect, smooth stems, appearing in early spring. Stems grow 1 
to 2 feet high, and die away with the leaves in mid-summer. Grows readily in sun- 
shine, better in partial shade, and prefers acid soil. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Bluet; Quaker Lady; Innocence; Eyebright (Houstonia cerulea). Forms dense tufts 
of light blue flowers, 3 to 5 inches high. Seeks open, grassy places, but grows 
most anywhere, carpeting fields, roadsides and woodland trails. Propagates by self- 
seeding and creeping rootstalks. The little clumps in a dish of water make orig- 
inal table decoration, after which adventure, they can be planted out again. 20c each; 
$1.80 for 12. 
Boneset; Thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). A bog plant, Boneset grows 2 to 
4 feet high in swamp, marsh or pond, or in miniature garden tub or barrel pool. 
The name derives from the use of “boneset tea” against Southern Dengue or 
‘“break-bone” fever. Dried leaves are still kept in herb-closet, attic or woodshed to 
guard against colds. Perhaps the patient shudders himself to recovery when the 
noisome brew is poured down his throat. Seriously, though, it is a real medicine, 
and it is, after all, a rather nice wilding for the wetlands. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
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