Wake Rosin Farm, Home, PENNSYLVANIA 
Lady’s Slipper, Showy (Cypripedium spectabile: C. regina; C. hirsutum). Some call 
it Queen of the Orchids; others, the most gorgeous of wild flowers; to us, each 
Slipper is royal in its way. The fragrant flower is pure frosty white, stained with 
magenta crimson. The name “regina” refers to queenliness: the name “hirsutum” 
to the downy or bearded stem. Blooms about a foot high, with stately grace in 
shadowy nooks having constant moisture. It grows well in sun or shade, and 
drowns in boggy wetness. 30c each. 
Lady’s Slipper, Yellow (Cypripedium pubescens). The yellow flower, streaked with 
madder purple, blooms in May and June, 12 to 15 
inches high. It likes rich acid soil, with ample moisture, 
on shaded, stony slopes. If there is a maple, beech or 
butternut tree on the place, the Yellow Slipper will 
like its fallen leaves for mulch. It prefers a lot of 
other fussy things, but it is really a tough little plant 
which does quite well in ordinary gardens. The crisp, 
yellow shoe, with its twisted, untied laces, has compel- 
ling color, with an alert, started manner when surprised. 
30c each. 
Lily, Turkscap (Lilium superbum). tall, decorative and 
easily grown, the American Turkscap Lily is closely al- 
lied to a common lily of Palestine. The height, 5 to 
7 feet, is important in garden planning. Orange red 

flowers, purple spotted, help to fill in the midsummer 
slack season, July and August. A true “lily of the field,” 
it calls for open, moist ground and yields to cultivation. Plant 6 to 8 inches deep. 
35c¢ each. 
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Lobelia, Great; Large Blue Lobelia (Lobelia syphilitica). Rich blue flowers in lavish 
amount on a straight spike stem, 1 to 3 feet high, preferring low moist ground. 
Useful pool plant, establishing readily and blooming from July to September. 
Named after a Belgian herb authority, M. de l’Obel. Culture is simple, color fills in 
late summer slack, and combination with Cardinal Flower is effective. 25¢ each; 
$2.50 for 12. 
Marsh Marigold; “Mary-bud” (Caltha palustris). Once known as the golden flower 
of the meres or marshes of old England, or simply as “Marsh Gold” this brilliant 
boz flower stands out in low wet places, and adapts nicely to the small garden 
pool, or even near the tainspout. Sometimes confused with the cowslip, something 
like the buttercup, the “golden eyes of the winking Mary-buds” (Mere-buds) can 
be wetly potted for the house or sick room. The stocky, hollow stems are suc’ 
culent, sturdy, the leaves are edible and more palatable than spinach. The flowers 
burst early, April and May, from 6 to 15 inches high, in sun or shade. 25c¢ each; 
$2.50 for 12. 
May Apple; Mandrake; Umbrella Leaf; Wild Lemon (Podophyllum peltatum). Lushly 
spreading by its roots, the umbrella leaves form a dense, knee-high magic carpet, or 
elevated ground cover. Waxy white flowers hang under the leaves. The fruit, 
ripening in late summer, is a large, fleshy, lemon-shaped berry, or “apple,” yellow 
when ripe. Flower has wild fruity smell, and fragile beauty; the fruit is reputedly 
edible when ripe, but insipid; the leaves are poison if eaten; and the root is a 
violent purgative. The plant is usefully tenacious and spreading, soon forming 
sort of miniature tropical forest. 15c each; $1.00 for 12. 
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