WAKE ROBIN FARM 
tongued visitors, bumblebees, Cabbage and Monarch 
butterflies and beelike flies of the tribe Bombylius. Its 
feathery foliage resembles that of the Maidenhair Fern, 
and the two are boon companions. 30c each; $3.00 
for 12. 
Firepink; Catchfly (Silene virginica). For a dash of mid- 
summer crimson in the garden, June to August, when 
wild flower bloom is scarce. Firepink needs no water- 
ing; moreover, it does not tolerate soggy wetness. 
Grows in open sunlight or partial shade; grows sturdily 
on barren shaly banks. 40c each; $4.00 for 12. 
Foam Flower; False Mitrewort (Tiarella cordifolia). Good 
ground cover, spreading rapidly by runners, with heart- 
shaped leaves, like the mountain maple, which remain 
all winter. Distinguished from its close and similar 
relative, the Bishop’s Cap, mainly by a larger and 
fuzzier leaf. The fluffy, feathery white flower-heads 
appear in May and June, 6 to 10 inches high. Thrives 
in moist, shady and rocky woods, and clambers hap- 
pily over piles of stone. 30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Gentian, Closed; Bottle Gentian (Gentiana Andrewsii). 
Bottle-shaped buds in a cluster at the top of a sturdy 
stalk, intensely blue to purple. Bluer than blue, ultra- 
marine, it flowers in fall, stimulated by early frost, 
September into October. The green leaves turn bronze 
with the cold; the transcendent blue of the bottle buds 
persists long after most of the wildings have gone. 
This perennial grows 1 to 2 feet high in cool, moist, 
shady places. A small start can be increased by root 
division. 40c each; $4.00 for 12. 
Geranium, Wild; Wild Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum). 
Flowers bloom all summer, from May to August. One 
to two feet high. Found in the light shade of open 
woods. Grows almost anywhere. Easily transplanted. 
Leaves mottled (maculated), spreading airily like a 
knee-high tree. 30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Gill-over-the-Ground; Ground Ivy (Nepeta hederacia). 
Creeper, with rooting stems, this aromatic cousin of 
Catnip stays green in winter. Little blossoms, sprinkled 
among a wealth of stubby round leaves, persists from 
spring to fall. A fast growing ground cover, it accepts 
the damp or dry, town life and window boxes. A medi- 
cine, too, which “helpeth weake and akeing backs,” but 
only if boiled with the mutton of its native England. 
25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Ginger, Wild (Asarum canadense). The red-brown of 
the Ginger flower comes in April and May. It buds 
off the hairy leaf stalk so close to the ground that it is 
hidden by the glistening dark-green, elephant ear 
foliage and lies close to the leaf mold which it re- 
sembles in color for protection. 4 to 6 inches high, 
reclining stems. An oddity in flowers, appealingly elu- 
sive. Spicy, gingery smell. Rich, moist ground. 30c 
each; $3.00 for 12. 
Greek Valerian (Polemonium reptans). Light blue flow- 
ers, nodding in several clusters at the top of a slender 
stem, with alternate tufts of small leaves, about a foot 
high. Blooms in April and May. Grows in the sun, 
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