WAKE ROBIN FARM 
leaves, present a loose bouquet effect. The centers of 
the flowers are purple veined with orange pollen. The 
spur, beak or rostrum is slender, and a quarter-inch 
to a possible half-inch long. To ensure reproduction, 
self-fertilizing little buds appear later at the branch- 
ing of the upper leaves. Authorities ascribe occurrence 
from Quebec to Michigan and south to Georgia. Few 
authorities describe the Spurred Violet, and we wonder 
just how plentiful it may be. Rather precious in these 
parts and we have no record of dealer listing. 35c each; 
$3.50 for 12. 
Violet, Sweet White (Viola blanda). Small plant, with 
tiny white flowers, purple veined. Scent is uniformly 
sweet, elusive, and potent in mass. Blooms in April 
and May. Robust, prolific ground cover, fast spreading 
by seeds and runners. Best in swamps, bogs, wet 
meadows, moist woodlands, and low, damp, shady 
places. Often found in dry soil, and improves with 
cultivation. 30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Violet, White; Striped Violet (Viola striata). Big violet, 
6 to 12 inches high when in flower, evergreen, with 
many large blossoms, white, off-white and cream col- 
ored, on very long stalks. The side petals are densely 
bearded and the wide lower petal is thickly striped 
with purple veins. The plant grows lavishly in large 
crowns, liking low shaded places, but it blooms in the 
hot sun, in baking backyards and sits happily under 
the apple tree. In difficult conditions it grows at some 
cost to size and length of leaves, but at no loss to its 
very prolific blossoms. The white mantle of bloom 
abounds through April and May, tapering off well into 
June. Flower structure prevents self-fertilization; it is 
cross-pollinated by little bees. 30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Wake Robin (Trillium erectum). The Wake Robin or 
Red Trillium has claimed this Farm for its very own. 
The Farm was named in its honor. It abounds on a 
steep wooded hillside by a little stream. It flowers on 
a reclining stem, 7 to 15 inches high. Maroon is the 
dominant color, with slightly darker and lighter vari- 
ations. Blooms April to June, after which the three 
leaves grow large to make food for root storage. If 
flower and leaves are plucked, blooming may skip the 
next year or the root may die for lack of nourishment. 
Red berries in autumn. This Trillium is supposed to 
wake up the robins in the spring, but around here it 
is days and days late, ruddy wih confusion. Like other 
members of the Trillium Genus of the Lily Family, 
Wake Robin is called Trillium because it is distinc- 
tively triple in all its parts—3 leaves, 3 sepals, 3 petals, 
3 styles, 3-celled ovary, twice three stamens, and 3 
broadly ovate leaves. Wake Robin’s special friends in- 
clude Maidenhair Fern, Bloodroot and Wild Ginger. 
30c each; $3.00 for 12. 
Water Lily, White; Sweet-Scented Water Lily (Castalia 
odorata). Queen of the pool. Wherever still or slug: 
gish water can be found, these clean white flowers will 
rest upon their wide floating leaves in perfect content- 
ment. They open their petals in the morning and, 
keeping hours all their own, close around noon for the 
day. The flowers are white, sometimes creamy white, 
3 to 5 inches across, with petals which seem to merge 
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