y, THE YELLOW SHEETS 
them as we do Peanuts. This plant 
does remarkably well as a pot plant 
and would be a dainty gift to an 
invalid. Two bloom stalks and four 
or six blooms does well in the wild. 
But as a pot plant for me, the third 
year after digging, one of mine had 
sixteen bloom stalks. I counted 156 
blooms and buds on 13 of them and 
quit. Sold that plant and do not 
know what it finally did do. 
WOOD SORRELL (a native Ox- 
alis), another very early bloomer. 
Clover-like leaves decidedly red- 
dish. Makes a small bulb and trans- 
plants readily even when-in bloom. 
Different colors, white, cream and 
pink. Dormant after blooming. The 
shredded leaves are nice in salads 
and some use them in soups. Does 
well in pots. Needs rather more than 
half shade, but thrives in rather poor 
soil. | 
WOOD BETONY (Betonia). ! 
thought this was a Fern until I found 
it in bloom. Yellow flowers about 
the size and shape of Ragged Rob- 
ins, nice clean stems, a good cut 
flower. Does not do well in pots for 
me. Indifferent to soil, but needs a 
damp spot and plenty of shade. The 
young leaves push up dark red, 
changing to dark green. 
PARTRIDGEBERRY (Michella 
repens), also called Buckberry and 
Twinberry. A small-leaved ground 
cover, with tiny pinkish white, fra- 
grant flowers in spring, always 
borne in pairs. Red berries in fall 
which hang on all winter. Does 
fairly well in cne-pound coffee cans 
for me, if I lift a slab of moss with 
the little vines growing through it; 
divide by breaking moss apart; set 
moss and all on top of soft ground 
and pull dirt around the edges to 
keep out the air. Seems to need the 
moss for inoculation as [| cannot get 
it to live at all without the moss. 
This plant furnishes one of the num- 
erous botanical puzzles [ run against 
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the white man with his sinful squan- 
dering of God's gifts, the Quapaw 
women depended to a great extent 
upon this berry for winter desserts, 
stewing them with honey .Now, even 
knowing its haunts, and it is plenti- 
ful, I doubt if [ could gather a tea- 
cupful of berries in a day’s search. 
Hardy into Canada. Must have acid 
soil, and in South, needs deep shade. 
Can stand full sun in Michigan. 
FIVE FINGERS (Potentilla) a 
rock garden plant, vine, does not 
seem to make a big plant. Neat yel- 
low small flowers in early summer. 
Very hardy; needs no cultivation, 
likes to scramble over rocks. This is 
a medicinal plant. 
Any of the above plants 5c each, 
unless otherwise noted. 
Christmas Fern, 21) ft. tall. 
Green through the winter with us, 
becoming shabby in the spring. 
Needs shade. Good for base plant- 
ings on north side of house. Very 
hardy, 10c. 
Ebony Spleenwort Fern, also 
green through winter, and unsightly 
in the spring. About 18 in. tall. Very 
hardy. Can stand more sun than the. 
Christmas Fern, and often found 
growing in cracks of rocks and 
among roots of hardwood trees, 
1c. 
Blunt Lobed Woodsia Fern, often 
found growing with Ebony Spleen- 
wort and needs same _ conditions. 
Hardy in colder climates than this, 
1c. 
There are a few Lady Ferns here 
and if able to walk that far, can fur- 
nish them at 10Qc each. 
Bracken Fern, late in coming up. 
Hardy. The Indian women used the 
long roots in basket making. 10c. 
Blue Iris Cristata, makes a fine 
ground cover in shady spots. 5c. 
Amethyst colored Iris Cristata, 
more of a rock garden plant than 
the blue. I find it clambers over 
rocks, in deep shade. 5c. 
