ming birds. Seed and rootstock 
regeneration. 
Clintonia, Bluebead. Clintonia 
borealis. Leaves 5 to 8 in., often 
flat on ground, shiny, resemble 
showy orchis leaves. Blossoms 
yellow, in terminal cluster 6 to 
16 in. above ground, bell- 
Shaped, 34 in. long, in June. 
Striking true blue berry Aug. to 
Sept. Most shade, acid soil. 
Cohosh, Blue. Caulophyllum thal- 
ictroides. Compound leaf at top 
of long stem, 1-3 ft. tall. Small 
yellow flowers, intensely blue 
berries. Shade. Good fern com- 
panion. 
Columbine, Wild. Aquilegia can- 
adensis. Excellent rock garden 
plant, but grows almost any- 
where. Red and yellow spurred 
flowers, stay in blossom several 
weeks. 1-1% ft. 
Foamflower, False Mitrewort. Ti- 
arella cordifolia. Attractive 
ground cover for shady places. 
Runner roots, leaves maple- 
Shaped, blossoms in white 
feathery spikes from May to 
June. Leaves 4 to 8 in. high, 
blossom spikes 4 to 6 in. higher, 
Forget-me-not. Myosotis scorpi- 
oides. This garden escape is now 
considered a wild flower of our 
Swamps and streams. The blos- 
soms are % in. broad on loose, 
curving racemes, light blue 
with yellow eyes. Requires 
moist soil and sun. 
Gentian, Bottle. Gentiana an- 
drewsii. Several. bottle-shaped, 
intense blue flowers in terminal 
and leaf-base clusters. Peren- 
nial. Damp, partial shade, also 
like sun if soil wet. 12-18 in. 
tall. 
Ginger, Wild. Asarum canadense. 
Heart-shaped leaf, with odd 
brown-purple blossoms close to 
the soil. Ginger odor when han- 
dled. Moist shade. | 
Goldthread. Coptis trifolia. The 
shiny, dark green, evergreen 
leaves, 1 to 2 in. broad, close to 
the ground,’ form an attractive 
ground cover in shady sites 
with acid soil. Small white 
flowers on very slender stems, 
3 to 6 in. high. Creeping, fine, 
gold-colored roots. 
Grass of Parnassus. Parnassia 
caroliniana, Waxy leaves, white 

