HERBS 
Most herbs are ex- 
ceedingly easy to 
grow in average 
soil, well drained 
and in full sun. 
Dried commercial 
flavors are far in- 
ferior in quality to 
fresh leaves 
picked as needed 
for use in your 
own garden. 
Prices: 3 for $1.40. Any 
one kind (12, $4.00) 
Bergamot (Monarda didyma) 
—8 ft. sun or shade. Fragrant 
leaves. Showy old fashioned 
salmon pink bloom. 
Cambridge Scarlet — Brilli- 
ant. 
Germander (Teucrium cham- 
aedrys)—1 ft. Rosy bloom, 
dark shiny thick-set leaves. 
An excellent clipped dwarf 
hedge. Tolerant. 
Heliotrope (Valeriana officin- 
alis)—4 ft. Tolerant. Showy 
fragrant rose bloom in June- 
July. 
Stepping - Stone Collection: 
Five kinds suited to growing 
between flags; spice the air 
when walked on, yet do not 
suffer from trampling: White 
Creeping Thyme, Crimson 
Thyme, Caraway Thyme, 
Lemon Thyme, Pennyroyal 
Mint. 
3 each, 15 plants, for $6.50. 
10 each, 50 plants, for $20.00. 


Lavender (Lavandula veris) 
—18 in. Fragrant leaf and 
flower. Gather flower spikes 
when buds open. 
Rosemary (Rosmarinus  of- 
ficinalis)—Must be wintered 
indoors except in south. Nar- 
row spicy leaf, delicious. 
Sage (Salvia officinalis)—21/, 
ft. Sun. (Holt’s Mammoth), 
Gray pebbled leaf, purple 
flower. 
Savory (Satureja montana)— 
1 ft. Neat edger stand sun, 
dry soil. 
Tarragon (Artemisia dracun- 
culus)—2 ft. Narrow glossy 
leaf, aromatic. 
Kitchen Herb Collection: 3 
each of eight kinds: Chives, 
Peppermint, Pot Marjoram, 
Rosemary, Savory, Tarragon 
and Thyme, 24 plants in all, 
for $10.50. 
Wild Flowers 
Success with wild flowers is simply a matter of 
putting them in the soil, exposure and general 
climate to which they are accustomed. It is im- 
portant to arrange gardens where associated 
plants are grouped, rather than try to make 
artificial differences of soil in the same bed. 
Coddling is apt to do more harm than good. 
Note that ferns are particularly useful for they 
grow where most flowers will not — generally 
benefiting from at least light shade. 
Bloodroot 
Sanguinaria canadensis— 
18 inch. Pink-white, April. 
Shade, rich. 5 for $1.50 (50, 
$8.00). 
Butterflyweed 
Asclepias-tuberosa — 18 
inch. Orange in June-July. 
Sunny, well drained. 3 
for $1.30; 10 for 4.00. 
Hepatica 
Hepatica acutiloba — 6 
inch. Blue-white, April. 
Shadeyerich.. 5 fer lol 
(50, $8.00). 
White Trillium 
Trillium grandiflorum — 
Large white in early Mav 
Leaf-mold, part shade. 3 
for $1.30; 10 for $4.00. 

Cardinal Flowers 
Fiery 2-foot spikes July- 
August. Moist, part shade. 
3 for $1.30; 10 for $4.00. 
Virginia Bluebells. 
Mertensia virginica—Open 
a lovely blue in April. 
Any soil, but part shade 
Lady’s Slippers lbesteo. ton ol oO lO tor 
Cypripedium — Orchids, $4.00. 
hardy outdoors in moist, : 4 
peaty shade. Bloom in Caroline Lupine 
Thermopsis caroliniana — 
3 ft. spikes of yellow pea- 
flowers June-July. 3. for 
$1.30; 10 for $4.00. 
White Bugbane 
Cimcifuga racemosa—4 ft. 
spikes of white July and 
August. Succeeds in shade 
$1.30 for 3; $4.00 for 10. 
May. 3 of any one kind 
for $1.65 (3 each, 9 plants, 
for $4.80). 
Acaule—Dark rose Mocas- 
sin Flower. 
Pubescens — Large yellow 
Lady's Slipper. 
Spectabile — The Showy 
Pink Lady's Slipper. 
CHOICE FERNS 
Each kind, $2.75 for 10 ($17.50 per 
100). Five each any three kinds 
for $3.75. 
Christmasfern (Polystichum) — 12’ — dry, 
shade. Evergreen leaves for decoration. 
Cliff-fern (Polypody) — 6" — evergreen, 
drain. 
Hayscented Fern (Dunnstaedtia)—18"'— 
tolerant. 
Maidenhair (Adiantum)—Rich, moist, but 
drained soil. Easily grown. Showy and 
popular. 
Toothed Woodfern—18''—evergreen, damp. 
Sensitivefern (Onoclea) — shade, heavy, 
moist. 12”. 
Interrupted Fern (Osmunda)—60''—damp, 
sunny. 
= Cinnamonfern (Osmunda) — 60” — any 
™ moist soil. 
; Ostrich Fern (Pteretis nodulosa)—36"— 
Very tolerant. This makes a delicious, 
nutritious asparagus substitute. Cut in 
“fiddlehead” stage (see photo left), wash 
= well, boil 30 minutes, salt, serve like 
asparagus, 3 plants serve a. small family. 
Available commercially in cans. 
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