WAKE ROBIN FARM 
Clintonia (Clintonia borealis). Slender flower stalks 7 
inches long grow out from shorter oval oblong leaves 
of shiny. green. The drooping lily blossoms at the top 
are creamy yellow in May, ripening into berries of 
pure metallic blue in August. Likes cool, damp woods; 
insists upon acid soil; seeks company of the Bunch- 
berry; wants plenty of leaf mold to hold moisture; and 
spreads by rooted runners which replace the mother 
plant. 30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Club Moss, Shining (Lycopodium lucidulum). These 
little 4 to 8 inch bristly plants were once 100-foot 
trees, buried under high pressure in heaving earth 
wrinkles to form the abundant bituminous coal of this 
Allegheny Mountain region, and under terrific pres- 
sure eastward to form the nearly pure carbon of an- 
thracite. A primitive form, even to the tyro, as the 
dark green stem is readily seen to be merely an elon- 
gation of the brown rootstalk or base, bent to run a 
little way underground. Dwells in cool, damp, hem- 
lock woods. Redolent of long ago, this Club Moss and 
its related companions, Ground Cedar and Ground 
Pine, stir the imagination. This Family Lycopodium 
(‘wolf's foot”) is allied to ferns. The spores yield 
flashlight powder of early photography and when dry 
are highly inflammable. 30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Columbine, Wild (Aquilegia canadensis). Hardy and 
brilliant rockery flower, growing 10 to 20 inches high. 
Blossoms, an inch long, appear in May, in yellow and 
bright red. Named for the dove (“columba’’), the 
flower resembles both the claws and the graceful droop 
of a drinking pigeon. Grows in average soil and tol- 
erates summer drouth. Lives in careless grace on fearful 
perches and loses charm on plucking. Definitely hardy, 
- encouraging to beginners. 30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Crinkleroot; Two-Leaved Toothwort (Dentaria diphylla). 
The little white flowers have a loose, careless manner. 
They appear in a terminal cluster, blooming in May, 
or somewhat -earlier. The root is crinkled and both 
root and leaves are toothed. Found growing contentedly 
with Hepaticas and Bloodroot. The leaves, opposite in 
pairs, distinguish this toothwort from the three-leaf, 
or cut-leaf Pepper Root, a like relative in the Dentaria 
genus of the numerous Mustard Family. Increases by 
creeping roots in rich, moist ground. The edible root 
has a pleasant watercress flavor. 30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). Little white 
pantlets bobbing on a string. A patch of Dutchman’s 
Breeches in bloom is a mass of white, suggests lingerie 
laundry for a whole miniature city of little men. 
Reaching 8 inches above ground, in moist, shady crev- 
ices and folds of woodland, the flowers appear in pairs 
during April and May. Cross-fertilized by long- 
tongued visitors, bumblebees, Cabbage and Monarch 
butterflies and beelike flies of the tribe Bombylius. Its 
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