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Foam Flower; False Mitrewort (Tiarella cordifolia). Good 
ground cover, spreading rapidly by runners, with heart- 
shaped leaves, like the mountain maple, which remain 
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 hap- 
pily over piles of stone. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Gentian, Closed; Bottle Gentian (Gentiana Andrewsii). 
Bottle-shaped buds in a cluster at the top of a sturdy 
stalk, intensely blue to purple. Bluer than blue, ultra- 
marine, 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 in- 
creased by root division. 25c 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; $2.50 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, sprink- 
led 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. 
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 re- 
sembles in color for protection. 4 to 6 inches high, 
reclining stems. An oddity in flowers, appealingly 
elusive. Spicy, gingery smell. Rich, moist ground. 
25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Greek Valerian (Polemonium reptans). Light blue flow- 
ers, 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 conspic- 
uous evergreen club moss, dwarfed residue from pre- 
historic bigness. It is used for interior decoration in 
winter, but is better left where it grows, on open or 
shady hillsides, and in dry, piny woods. Additional 
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