WAKE ROBIN FarM, HoMg, PENNSYLVANIA 
Greek Valerian (Polemonium reptans). Light blue flowers, nodding in several clusters 
at the top of a slender stem, with alternate tufts of small leaves, about a foot high. 
Blooms in April and May. Grows in the sun, but light shade is better. Seeks the 
lower spots where moisture may linger. 30c each. 
Ground Cedar (Lycopodium conplanatum). A conspicuous evergreen club moss, 
dwarfed residue from prehistoric bigness. It is used for interior decoration in win- 
ter, but is better left where it grows, on open or shady hillsides, and in dry, piny 
woods. Additional description under “Club Moss,” as it belongs to the same Ly- 
copodium Family. 25c each. 
Ground Pine (Lycopodium obscurum). This member of the Club Moss Family is 
like a miniature evergreen tree, or, more precisely it is a dwarf pine. It is another 
small descendant of early “giants in the earth.” Further description under ‘Club 
Moss.” 25c each. 
Hellebore, American White; Indian Poke (Veratrum viride). Big bog plant, at first 
a fresh yellow-green, about 3 feet high. Clasping, spreading leaves, ribbed and 
grooved, are as interesting as the greenish flowering plume. 35c each. 
Hepatica, Acute-Lobed (Hepatica acutiloba). A variant hepatica which has a distinctly 
pointed leaf lobe. Otherwise very similar to its close relative, the Round-Lobed 
Hepatica, into which form it often blends. Rather scarce around. these parts, 
changing in numbers from year to year, with puzzling, and exciting, leaf forms, 
intermediate between acute and round. Acid soil required; partial shade desirable. 
Blooms in April. 25c each. 
Hepatica, Round-Lobed; Liverwort; Liver-Leaf (Hep- 
atica triloba). The earliest flower of spring, ap- 
pearing before the new growth of leaves, in many 
shades of blue from near-white to dark. The 
leaves of the previous year persist through winter, 
olive green, resembling the lobes of the liver. 
Good for rockeries, -indoor pots and window 
boxes. Appears early, even in March, and before 
the snow is gone, to-satisfy the eager, turgid gard- 
ener. Blooms through May. Intensely acid soil 
is indicated. Tiny, fuzzy and delicate looking, 
they are tougher than you think. Once thought 
to be a liver medicine because of the leaf, as if 
it were a label on a bottle! 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 

HEPATICA 
Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana). Named for the flavor of its white tuber- 
ous root, relished by Indians. Grows here about a foot high, with distinctive 
whorls of leaves at top and middle of slender stem. Quaint, zsthetic blossoms at 
the top in May and June, protected by leaves, and replaced in September by dark 
purple berries. Keeps company with aristocrats like Solomon's Seal, Bunchberry, 
Arbutus and the Trilliums. A real woodland plant, this perennial herb likes sub- 
dued sunlight and rich damp soil, not too wet. Belongs to the same tribe (Paridez), 
in the Lily Family, with the Trilliums. 25¢ each; $2.50 for 12. 
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