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YELLOW LADY SLIPPER Cyripedium pubescens 
The easiest of the Lady Slippers to grow and always lovely. Just plant 
them among your ferns and other wild flowers where they will have moderate 
shade and not too dry a situation. A slightly acid leaf mold soil is appreciated. 
Yellow and brown effect on leafy stems up to 18 inches in May. 100 for 
$35.00; 12 for $5.00; 3 for $1.35: Each 50c. 
MOCCASIN FLOWER | Cypripedium acaule 
Requires a highly acid soil, such as is found in a sphagnum bog, under pine 
trees, or on an old rotted tree trunk. Rose-pink flowers in June. 100 for $35.00: 
12 for $5.00; 3 for $1.35: Each 50c. 
RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN Epipactis pubescens 
Low rosette of white-veined leaves. Excellent in terrariums and, in the 
shaded wild garden, notable for late summer spikes of white flowers as well. 
12 for $3.50; 3 for 95c; Kach 35c, 
NATIVE PLANTS 
ANEMONE, MEADOW Anemone canadensis 
White flowers carried above the foliage up to two feet tall in June. Will 
tolerate some shade. Likes a moist situation. 12 for $2.50: Each 25c. 
ASTER, NEW ENGLAND Aster novae anglias 
Makes a vigorous growth up to five feet. Pinch back in summer for a lower 
spreading plant. September flowering in shades of rich purple, rose, lavender, 
and white. 100 for $15.00; 12 for $2.50: Each 25c. 
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BANE BERRY, RED EARLY Actaea rubra 
Baneberries add interest and color to the shaded wild garden when flowers 
are scarce. Sturdy plants two feet high with fluffy balls of white flowers in early 
May. In July come the colorful scarlet berries. 100 for $18.00; 12 for 
$3.00; Each 30c. 
BANEBERRY, WHITE LATE Actaea alba 
A little taller plant than red baneberry, otherwise much alike. Ivory-white 
berries with black tips, sometimes likened to doll’s eyes, in August. In a well- 
prepared bed one of the most permanent of wild flowers. 100 for $18.00; 
12 for $3.00; Hach 30c. 
BEEBALM, LAVENDER Monarda fistulosa 
Summer flowering light lavender heads. A fragrant leaved plant growing 
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BISHOPS CAP Mitella diphylla 
Notable for the delicate lacework petals of its small white flowers. Dainty 
leaves in the maple pattern. A choice plant, flowers in May, about 12 inches 
high. 12 for $3.00; Bach 30c. 
BLOODROOT Sanguinaria canadensis 
White flowers in early spring as its leaves are unfolding. Large round scal- 
loped blue-green leaves. From an orange-fleshed tuber. 100 for $12.00; 12 
for $2.00; Each 20c. 
BLUEBELLS, SCOTCH Campanula rotundifolia 
Beautiful in its association with rocks and cliffs all over the temperate Zone, 
yet we often find it growing on level sandy waste land and on grassy road banks. 
Delicate blue bells from June till fall. 109 for $21.00; 12 for $3.50; 
Rach 35ce. 
