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rapidly, soon yielding desirable massed effect, from a 
modest beginning. Blooms all through June, sun or 
shade. 25c each. 
Hawkweed; Rattlesnake Weed; Poor Robin’s Plaintain 
(Hieracitum venosum). For sheer, startling, varied 
loveliness, this member of the Hawkweed group of 
the Composite Family is unsurpassed. Purple-veined 
light-green leaves close to ground stop you in your 
tracks. The insouciant grace of the slender, forking, 
clustered stems, topped with flowers like dandelions, 
blooming in June, holds your interest again and again. 
Once thought a specific for snake bite, as if the rattle- 
snake leaves were the authority! Serene and unde- 
manding, it grows in poor soil, dry woods and thick- 
ets, open sandy places. 35c each. 
Jack in the Pulpit; Indian Turnip (Ariszma triphyllum). 
Green flower! Pale green if too exposed, the hood of 
the pulpit has white, brown and purple stripes in 
moist shade. Jack is the pollen rod within, under his 
canopy, and resting on the flower base, which becomes 
the tight clump of bright red berries in the fall. The 
berries germinate readily, taxing several years to ma’ 
ture. Easy to establish in wet soil and shade. The bulb 
is bitter and poisonous to eat until boiled, when it is 
allegedly nutritious. Indians ate bulb and _ berries. 
Bulb has been cooked in Ireland. Jacks are fertilized 
by little gnats. Plant with ferns for best display. 25c 
each; $2.50 for 12. 
Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus). Tall sun- 
flower, with many bright yellow, daisy-like blossoms 
on top of stalks which grow 5 feet high or more. 
The Jerusalem part of the name is an ‘attempt to 
imitate the Italian word Girasole, meaning sunflower. 
The sprawling root is said to be edible, if you like to 
eat roots. It was once cultivated for the roots, and 
has grown wild, escaping into damp soil along streams, 
in road ditches and fence rows. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Joe Pye Weed; Trumpet Weed; Queen of the Meadow 
(Eupatorium purpureum). For bog borders and mead- 
ow massing, 3 to 7 feet tall, full-leafed in rich deep 
green, topped with spreading, dense, flower clusters, 
soft lavender (“crushed raspberry”) in color. Herald 
of autumn, it connects summer and fall, blooming 
July to September. Easily grown in any low damp 
ground. Named for Joe Pye, an Indian who used it 
to cure typhus fever. The little tubular blossoms are 
considered trumpet shaped. A good natured, lumber- 
ing giant, it towers over most wild flora and is best 
arranged with tallish companions, such as boneset, hel- 
enium, sunflowers and other wet-soil plants. 30c each. 


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