WAKE RopIN FARM, HOME, PENNSYLVANIA 
Canada Mayflower; Wild Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum canadense). A low wood- 
land plant with a small fuzzy head of white flowers in May and June, followed 
by ruby-red berries in the fall. Transplants grow into large masses, with creeping 
tangled roots, forming close, matted ground cover. 20c each; $1.80 for 12. 
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis). Native to moist and boggy soil, or to deep wet 
woods, this brightest of scarlet flowers blazes from July to September, when 
color is scarce, in almost any garden. The astounding red draws humming birds, 
the only agency able to cross-fertilize. Grows 2 to 4 feet high in any damp 
place. Subject to freezing in winter unless covered with several inches of leaves, 
which are drawn back in spring and left for mulch. Protection is important; 
extinction is imminent; sparse planting is more effective than massing. Its name 
was suggested by the color of a Cardinal’s robe. 25c¢ each; $2.50 for 12. 
Cat Tail (Typha latifolia). Grows lustily in bogs and wherever it finds constant water. 
Spreads happily and tenaciously by root extension, 




taking sure possession of its corner. Inventive 
children of the past have used its stems for arrows 
and its plumes for torches. No snob, it sways and 
nods in sentinel rows, as often as not, down by 
the railroad tracks. 25c each. 
Cinquefoil; Five Finger (Potentilla canadensis). For 
the barren bank; for sandy, stony bald spots in 
the yard, garden, meadow, field or roadside, this 
weaving, creeping ground cover is an answer to 
the old garden problem of hiding scars and 
blotches. It gathers beauty from poverty. The 
five-fingered foliage (French “cinque  feuilles” 
means five leaves) is decorative in itself; the deep 
yellow flowers, no bigger than a fingernail, add 
perfection to beauty all through spring and sum- 
mer (April to August). Its liking for dry soil 
is an added relief to the garden worker. Not to 





be confused with Wild Strawberry, a common 
error. Both belong to the Rose Family, of course, 
but Cingquefoil is of the Potentilla genus; Wild 
CAT. “TATL Strawberry is Fragaria, with only 3 leaflets or 

fingers. Less technical distinction: you can eat 
the strawberries. Spreads by runners; fertilized by flies, grows anywhere. 15c each; 
$1.25 for 12. 
Clintonia (Clintonia borealis). Slender flower stalks 7 inches long grow out from 
shorter oval oblong leaves of shiny green. The drooping lily blossoms at the top 
are creamy yellow in May, ripening into berries of pure metallic blue in August. 
Likes cool, damp woods; insists upon acid soil; seeks company of the Bunchberry; 
wants plenty of leaf mold to hold moisture: and spreads by rooted runners which 
replace the mother plant. 25c¢ each. 
