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vital. Blooms in May and June, followed by dark ruby 
red berries. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Solomon’s Seal; True Solomon’s Seal; Small Solomon’s 
Seal (Polygonatum biflorum). Little greenish yellow, 
bell-like flowers hang in a row of pairs under the arch- 
ing stalk, a novel and happy arrangement. Blooms May 
into June. The stalk is from 1 to 2 feet long, carrying 
into autumn a string of round steely blue berries, 
themselves quite conspicuous and even more compel- 
ling than the flowers. The popular name relates to the 
row of scars on the zig-zag rootstalks, each scar mark- 
ing the attachment of a previous year’s stalk, one year 
forming a zig, the next a zag. Yields to cultivation, 
often with doubled flowers, in slightly moist or even 
dryish soil, in thickets, under trees, or in the rockery. 
25c each. 
Spearmint (Mentha spicata). A well known, fragrant 
herb, with spicy, minty leaves. It has a flower, plumy 
and pale purple, which flourishes at the expense of the 
more fragrant foliage. Moist gorund, ditches and 
roadsides are its favorite haunts. Once started in the 
garden, it spreads rapidly. Cuttings can be dried for 
winter use. The fresh leaves are nice to nibble while 
reflecting upon important impractical things and of 
course everybody likes mint sauce with mutton. 25c 
each. 
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica). Sensitive and deli- 
cate, 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 livht to keep its petals open. 
It shrinks and wilts on »lucking, 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 bean-sized, lentil-shaped pellet, of dun earth 
color, sending up a stalk of exquisite fragility. Spring 
Beauty responds well to cultivation even in wide open 
gardens, and increases rapidly. Its allure for scores 
of insect species is compliment enough, and its visi- 
tors and stamen structure combine to assure cross- 
fertilization. 25c each. 
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. es | 
Sundrops (CEnothera fruticosa). Perennial, day blooming 
Species of the Evening Primrose Family. Grows 1. to 
, 3 feet high, fields and roadsides. Adapts well to: open, 
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