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Cinquefoil; Five Finger (Potentilla canadensis). For the 
barren bank; for sandy, stony bald spots in the yard 
garden, meadow, field or roadside, this weaving, creep- 
ing ground cover is an answer to the old garden prob- 
lem 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 finger- 
nail, add perfection to beauty all through spring and 
summer (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 Cinquefoil is 
of the Potentilla genus; Wild Strawberry is Fragaria, 
with only 3 leaflets or fingers. Less technical distinc: 
tion: you can eat the strawberries. Spreads by run- 
ners; 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 Bunch- 
berry; wants plenty of leaf mold to hold moisture; and 
spreads by rooted runners which replace the mother 
plant. 25c each. 
Club Moss, Shining (Lycopodium lucidulum). A living 
remnant, geology says, of the late Paleolithic period 
(Stone Age), these little 4 to 8 inch bristly plants 
were once 100-foot trees, buried under high pressure 
in heaving earth wrinkles to form the abundant bi- 
tuminous coal of this Allegheny Mountain region, and 
under terrific pressure eastward to form the nearly 
pure carbon of anthracite. A primitive form, even to 
the tyro, as the dark green stem is readily seen to 
be merely an elongation of the brown rootstalk or 
base, bent to run a little way underground. Dwells in 
cool, damp, hemlock woods. Redolent of long ago, 
this Ciub Moss and its related companions, Ground 
Cedar and Ground Pine, stir the imagination. This 
Family Lycopodium (“wolf's foot”) is allied to ferns. 
The spores yield flashlight powder of early photog- 
raphy and when dry are highly inflammable. 25c each. 
Columbine, Wild (Aquilegia canadensis). Hardy and 
brilliant rockery flower, growing 10 to 20 inches high. 
Blossoms, an inch long, appear in May, in yellow and 
bright red. Named for the dove (“columba”’), the 
flower resembles both the claws and the graceful droop 
of a drinking pigeon. Grows in average soil and toler- 
ates summer drouth. Lives in careless grace on fearful 
perches and loses charm on plucking. Definitely hardy, 
encouraging to beginners. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Crinkleroot; Two-Leaved Toothwort (Dentaria diphylla). 
The little white flowers have a loose, careless manner. 
They appear in a terminal cluster, blooming in May, 
or somewhat earlier. The root is crinkled and both 
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