WILD FLOWERS 
IN YOUR GARDEN 
Did you ever stop to think that all of 
the flowers under cultivation today were 
originally, and some of them still are 
growing wild somewhere on this earth? 
True it is, most of them have been im- 
proved by selection and hybridization. 
You have no trouble whatsoever grow- 
ing the hardy plants that originally 
grew wild in climates similar to ours 
such as the tulips, phlox, etc: 
What have you in your garden that 
will compare in beauty with our own 
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon media) or 
the beautiful Dutchman’s Breeches (Di- 
centra cucullaria) ? What plant have 
you in your garden as odd as the Jack- 
in-the-Pulpit? What plant have you that 
has the pure, sweet odor of the Trailing 
Arbutus (Epigaea repens)? What. plant 
have you that will gladden the hearts of 
the kiddies as will plenty of the differ- 
ent Violets planted under and around 
your shrubbery? 
So why not try some of our own Wild 
Flowers? They are all hardy and if 
given the same care you give your hardy 
perennials as to the best growing condi- 
tions you will have no trouble in estab- 
lishing some fine beds of our “forest 
” 
gems. 
HARDY PERENNIAL 
WILD FLOWERS FOR A 
SUNNY GARDEN 
The smaller varieties are ideal for the 
sunny rock garden. 
Alum Root (Coral Bells). (Heuchera) 
Height 18 inches. Flowers whitish- 
green. May. 
American Pasqueflower (Anemone pul- 
satilla rubra). 
Height 12 inches. 
purple. 
Bellwort, large 
grandiflora). 
Height 12 inches. 
buff. April-June. 
Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa) 
Height 18 inches. Flowers rosy-purple, 
late summer. 
Black Eyed Suzan (Rudbeckia hirta). 
Height 18 inches. Flowers golden 
yellow. Summer. 
Blue Eyed Grass Widow (Sisyrinchium 
augustifolia). 
Height 8 inches. 
Biucts (Quaker 
longifolia). 
Height 6 inches. 
October. 
Flower reddish- 
flowered (Uvularia 
Flowers creamy 
Ladies). (Houstonia 
Flower blue. April- 

Dutchman’s Breeches 

Jack-In-The-Pulpit 
Butterfly Piant (Asclepias  tuberosa). 
Eeiehtae le tomre ait Flowers bright 
orange. Summer. 
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). 
Height 8 to 20 inches. Flowers yellow 
and red. 
False Solomon Seal (Smilacina_ race- 
mosa). 
Height 1 to 2 feet. Flowers white. 
May. 
Field Buttercup (Ranunculus acris). 
Height 18 inches. Flowers deep yellow. 
Four O’Clock (Alliona hirsuta). 
Height 18 inches. 
Golden Alexander (Zizia cordata). 
Flowers golden. 
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia). 
Height 12 inches. Flowers 
Blooms freely. 
Jacob’s Ladder 
tae). 
Height 2 to 3 feet. Flowers blue violet, 
May-July. 
Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens). 
Trailing Evergreen. Flowers 
and pink. Moderately acid soil. 
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margan- 
blue. 
(Polemonium vyan-brun- 
white 
tacea). 
Height 1 to 3 ft. Flower white, late 
summer. 
Pussy Toes (Antenaria dioica). 
Height 6 inches. Flowers creamy 
white. 
Pale Corydalis (Corydalis sempervirens). 
Height 1 to 3 feet. Flower pale pink. 
Summer. 
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon media). 
Height 1 to 2 feet. Flowers white 
and rose. 
Smooth Aster (Aster laevis). 
Height 2 to 4 feet. Flowers light violet 
blue. Fall. 
Sun Drops (Large). (Oecenothera fruti- 
cosa). 
Height 15 inches. Flowers pure 
yellow. Early summer. 
Upland White Aster (Aster  ptarmi- 
coides). 
Height 12 inches. Flowers white. 
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). 
Height 2 feet. Flowers Pale lilac, 
summer. 
Marsh Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos). 
A beautiful plant 3 feet high with white, 
pink or red_ hollyhock-like flowers 
6 inches across. Flowers in summer. 
(See illustration). 
HARDY PERENNIAL 
WILD FLOWERS FOR 
SHADY PLACES 
Plant on north side of building, wall, 
tall thick hedge, in a thick woods or a 
shaded rock garden. 
They prefer a sandy loam composed 
of at least 25% leaf mold, that black 
moisture retaining top soil of the forest. 
If you live in a section where this soil 
is not procurable, we can supply same. 
(See Humus list). 
Most wild flowers detest clay and 
manure. Use leaf mold or our No. 10 
“Wild Life’? Humus for fertilizer. 
American Columbine (Aquilegia cana- 
densis). 
Height 8 to 20 inches. Color yellow 
and red. A desirable rock garden plant. 
Grows well in shade or sun. 
American Turk’s Cap Lily (Lilium super- 
bum). 
Height 2 feet. Flowers orange-yellow. 
Plant in moderately acid soil. 
Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis). 
Height 6 inches. Flower white. Moist 
sandy loam. Shade. 
Blue Bottle Gentian or Closed Gentian 
(Gentiana andrewsii). 
Height one foot. Flowers violet blue. 
Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucul- 
laria). (See illustration). 
Height 6 to 8 inches. 
and rose. 
False Solomon Seal 
mosa). 
Height 1 to 2 feet. Flowers white. 
Indian’s Plume or Bee Balm (Monarda 
didyma). (See illustration). 
Height 2 feet. Flowers bright red. 
Jack-In-The-Pulpit or Wild Turnip (Ari- 
saema tryphyllum). 
Height about 12 inches. 
Joe Pye (Eupatorium purpureum). 
Height 4 to 6 feet. Flowers purple). 
Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens). 
Trailing evergreen. Flowers white and 
pink. Moderately acid soil. Plant under 
evergreens. 
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). 
Height 2 to 4 feet. Flowers rose- 
purple. July to September. Quite 
showy. 
Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum). 
Height 12. inches. Flowers. white 
painted with purple at base. Prefers 
cold damp leaf-mold. 
Round Lobed Hepaticia 
triloba). (See illustration). 
Height 12 inches. Flowers pink and 
dark purple. Very early. Plant in 
shade or rock garden. 
Flowers white 
(Smilacina race- 
(Hepatica 

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