WAKE RosBIN FARM, HOME, PENNSYLVANIA 
Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra Cucullaria). Little 
white pantlets bobbing on a string. A patch of 
Dutchman’s Breeches in bloom is a mass of white, 
suggests lingerie laundry for a whole miniature 
city of little men. Reaching 8 inches above ground, 
in moist, shady crevices and folds of woodland, 
the flowers appear in pairs during April and 
May. Cross-fertilized by long-tongued visitors, 
bumblebees, Cabbage and Monarch butterflies and 
beelike flies of the tribe Bombylius. Its feathery 
foliage resembles that of the Maidenhair Fern, 
and the two are boon companions. 25c each; 
$2.00 for 12. DUTCHMAN’S BREECHES 

Firepink; Catchfly (Silene virginica). For a dash of midsummer crimson in the garden, 
June to August, when wild flower bloom is scarce, Firepink needs no watering; 
moreover, it does not tolerate soggy wetness. Grows in open sunlight or partial 
shade; glows sturdily on barren shaly banks. 30c each. 
Foam Flower; False Mitrewort (Tiarella cordifolia). Good ground cover, spreading 
rapidly by runners, with heart-shaped leaves, like the mountain maple, which re- 
main all winter. Distinguished from its close and similar relative, the Bishop’s Cap, 
mainly by a larger and fuzzier leaf. The fluffy, feathery white flower-heads appear 
in May and June, 6 to 10 inches high. Thrives in moist, shady and rocky woods, 
and clambers happily over piles of stone. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Gentian, Closed; Bottle Gentian (Gentiana Andrewsii). Bottle-sshaped buds in a cluster 
at the top of a sturdy stalk, intensely blue to purple. Bluer than blue, ultramarine, 
it flowers in fall, stimulated by early frost, September into October. The green 
leaves turn bronze with the cold; the transcendent blue of the bottle buds persists 
long after most of the wildings have gone. This perennial grows 1 to 2 feet 
high in cool, moist, shady places. A small start can be increased by root division. 
25<€ each. 
Geranium, Wild; Wild Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum). Flowers bloom all summer, 
from May to August. One to two feet high. Found in the light shade of open 
woods. Grows almost anywhere. Easily transplanted. Leaves mottled (maculated), 
spreading airily like a knee-high tree. 25c each; $2.00 for 12. 
Gill-over-the-Ground; Ground Ivy (Nepeta hederacia). Creeper, with rooting stems, 
this aromatic cousin of Catnip stays green in winter. Little blossoms, sprinkled 
among a wealth of stubby round leaves, persist from spring to fall. A fast growing 
ground cover, it accepts the damp or dry, town life and window boxes. A medicine, 
too, which “helpeth weake and akeing backs,” but only if boiled with the mutton 
of its native England. 20c each; $1.75 for 12. 
Ginger, Wild (Asarum canadense). The red-brown of the Ginger flower comes in 
April and May. It buds off the hairy leaf stalk so close to the ground that it is 
hidden by the glistening dark-green, elephant-ear foliage and lies close to the 
leaf mold which it resembles in color for protection. 4 to 6 inches high, reclining 
stems. An oddity in flowers, appealingly elusive. Spicy, gingery smell. Rich, 
moist ground. 15c each; $1.00 for 12. 
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