WakE ROBIN FARM, HOME, PENNSYLVANIA 
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica). Sensitive and delicate, this shy flower, with its 
blush of rosy pink, is one of Spring’s earliest signs, appearing even in March, and 
lasting into May. It seeks protection under larger plants, although it needs light 
to keep its petals open. It shrinks and wilts on plucking, which ought to be a 
warning to well-meaning vandals. Good for massing in the rockery, with moisture 
and partial shade. The bulb is a beanvsized, lentil-shaped pellet, of dun earth coior, 
sending up a stalk of exquisite fragility. Spring Beauty responds well to cultiva- 
tion even in wide open gardens, and increases rapidly. Its allure for scores of insect 
species is compliment enough, and its visitors and stamen structure combine to 
assure cross-fertilization. 20c each; $2.00 for 12. 
Strawberry, Wild (Fragaria virginiana). Main species of the Fragaria (fragrant) genus 
of the Potentilla tribe of the great Rose Family, these are real strawberries, good 
to eat, after enjoying from April to June the pure white, five-petalled flowers with 
their golden hearts. These are the very same strawberries on the hill which kissed 
the red lips, made redder still, of Whittier’s Barefoot Boy. On the hill indeed they 
grow around here, in rough, open fields. They will give a wild and useful touch 
to a neglected sunny corner of the yard. Spreads like the garden strawberry by 
rooting runners. 20c each; $1.75 for 12. 
Sundrops (CEnothera fruticosa). Perennial, day-blooming species of the Evening Prim- 
rose Family. Grows 1 to 3 feet high, fields and roadsides. Adapts well to open, dry 
spots in the garden and to the rockery. The flowers bloom from June to September, 
purest of outstanding yellow. The foliage, lancesshaped, running the length of 
the stalk, adds to the attraction. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare). Roadside plant, blooming July to September, 2 to 3 feet 
tall, surmounted by tight little yellow clusters resembling the eye of a daisy. 
Found in old-fashioned gardens of tumbledown houses, escaping over the fence 
to stray down the road. “Tansy tea” and “tansy wine” are familiar to the oldsters. 
It has flavored Lenten cakes, connecting with the ancient Greek connotation of im- 
mortality. Old as the hills, Tansy bears lightly the burden of being dubbed a 
common weed, but is a cheerful, homey flower under any name. Demands little 
if any attention, and we have seen many a barren spot which would be better for 
its optimistic presence. We like the smell of Tansy! 15c each; $1.35 for 12. 
Thimbleweed; Tall Anemone (Anemone virgini- 
ana). Green, in a flower, is worthy of note, 
and this small white blossom has a green cen- 
ter, and a greenish tinge on the underside of 
its petals. The bloom, aloft on a slender stem, 
about a foot and a half from the ground, 
springs from a cluster of dark green leaves 
half way up. Thimbleweed is a Crowfoot cous- 
in of the little Rue Anemone. The name comes 
from the rough, green, snug little seed pod, 
of singular likeness, in size and shape, to a 
thimble. Blooms May to July in woods and 
clearings, and will take to the less shaded spots 
of the garden. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 

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