flower with green veins. Damp 
soil in open sun. 6-10 in. 
Hepatica, Round-lobed. Hepatica 
triloba. Earliest flower of 
spring. Leaves persist in winter, 
liver-lobe shaped. Good as 
rock garden or indoor terrarium 
plants. 3-6 in. Lavender to blue. 
Hepatica, Sharp-lobed. Hepatica 
acutiloba. Similar to Round- 
lobed Hepatica, but leaves have 
sharp points, and the blossoms 
are light lilac to white. 
Herb Robert. Geranium roberti- 
anum. Perennial. Ornamental 
leaves with ruddy stems, aro- 
matic. Small pink blossoms per- 
sistent through summer. Par- 
tial shade, damp sites or rocks. 
Iris, Blue Flag. Iris versicolor. 
Damp to drier ground, 2-3 ft. 
Rich blue flowers. Roots can be 
divided. 
Iris, Crested Dwarf. Iris cristata. 
Leaf narrow, tapers at both 
ends; 4 to 9 in. long, % in. wide. 
Flowers very light violet, the 
broad outer divisions crested 
with 3 raised parallel flutings, 
the middle one being orange. 
Likes dry to moist, acid soil, 
partial shade to full sun. At- 
tractive in wild garden or rock 
garden. 
Iris, Lake Dwarf. Iris lacustris. 
Smaller than the Crested Iris, 
and narrower leaves. Native to 
gravelly northern lake shores. 
Semi-shade to full sun. Blos- 
soms in May. 
Iris, Vernal. Iris verna. A tiny iris, 
with grass-like leaves up to 7 
in. long. Blossoms violet-blue 
with orange centers. Shade to 
semi-shade. Good in rock gar- 
dens. 
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Indian Turnip. 
Arisaema triphyllum. An in- 
teresting hooded plant, a favor- 
ite with children. Damp to drier 
shady spots. Orange-red berries. 
Try forcing bulbs indoors. 
Plant them the same as paper 
narcissus bulbs, in a bowl with 
stones and water, and add a 
little soil. They grow about an 
inch a day once they start. In- 
door Jacks make _ excellent 
Christmas gifts. 
Joe Pye Weed. Eupatorium pur- 
pureum. Large, moist soil plant, 
3-7 ft. tall, raspberry-red blos- 
soms in top clusters. Open sun, 
