HARDY 
OST herbs are easy to 
H E R b S grow in average soil, 
well drained and in full sun. 
Price: Any one kind 3 for $1.40 (6 for $2.50, 12 for $4.50) Dried commercial flavors are 
Bergamot (Monarda didyma). 3 ft. 
Sun or shade. Fragrant leaves. 
Showy old-fashioned salmon pink 
bloom. 
Lavender (Lavandula veris). 18 in. 
Fragrant leaf and flower. Gather 
flower spikes when buds open. 
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis). 
Must winter indoors except in south. 
Narrow spicy leaf, delicious. 
Savory (Satureja montana). 1 ft. 
Neat, sun, drain. 
Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus). 
2 ft. Narrow glossy leaf, aromatic. 
Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys). 
1 ft. Rosy bloom, dark shiny thick-set 
far inferior in quality to fresh 
leaves picked as needed. 
leaves. An excellent clipped dwarf 
hedge. Tolerant. 
Heliotrope (Valeriana officinalis). 
4 ft. Tolerant. Showy fragrant rose- 

bloom in June-July. Stepping - Stone Collection: 
Sage (Salvia officinalis). 21/2 ft. Sun. Five kinds suited to growing 
(Holt's Mammoth), gray leaf, purple between flags; spice the air, 
flower. yet do not suffer from tram- 
pling: White Creeping Thyme, 
Crimson Thyme, Caraway 
Kitchen Herb Collection: $3 Thyme, Lemon Thyme, Penny- 
each of eight kinds: Chives, Mint 
Peppermint, Pot Marjoram, ELAS 
ROSS MEY pGAVOTY TA regen 3 each, 15 plants for $ 6.75 
Sage, and Thyme, 24 plants in 
all, for $11.00. 12 each, 60 plants for 22.50 

Native WILD FLOWERS 
Success with wild flowers is simply a matter of putting them White Bugbane 
in the soil, exposure and general climate to which they are  Cimicifuga racemosa. 4 ft. Spikes 
accustomed. It is important to arrange gardens where asso- of white, July and August. Succeeds 
ciated plants are grouped, rather than try to make artificial 
in shade. 3 for $1.35; 12 for $4.50. 
differences of soil in the same bed. Codding is apt to do more White Trillium 
harm than good. 
Cardinal Flowers 
Fiery 2-foot spikes, July-August. 
Moist, part shade. 3 for $1.35; 12 for 
$4.50. 
Caroline Lupine 
Thermopsis caroliniana. 3 ft. spikes 
of yellow pea-flowers, June-July. 
3 for $1.35; 12 for $4.50. 
Hepatica 
Hepatica acutiloba. 6 inch. Blue- 
white, April. Shade, rich. 5 for $1.75 
(50, $12.00). 
Bloodroot 
Sanguinaria canadensis. 18 inch. 
Pink-white, April. Shade, rich. 5 for 
$1.75; (50, $10.00). 

Trillium grandiflorum. Large white 
, in early May. Leaf-mold, part shade. 
Lady's Slippers 3 for $1.35; 12 for $4.50. 
(Cypripedium) ~- 
Orchids, hardy outdoors in moist, 
peaty shade. Bloom in May. 3 of 
any one kind for $1.35 (3 each, 9 
plants, for $3.90). 
Acaule. Dark rose Mocassin Flower. 
Pubescens. Large yellow. 
Spectabile. The Showy Pink Lady’s 
Slipper. (Photo.) 
Butterflyweed 
Asclepias tuberosa. 18 inch. Orange 
in June-July. Sunny, well drained. 
3 for $1.35; 12 for $4.50. 

Hardy Native Ferns 
Each kind, $2.75 for 10 ($18.50 per 100) 
Five each any three kinds for $3.95 
Christmasfern. 12 in. Dry shade. Evergreen. 
Cliff-fern (Polypody). 6 in. Evergreen, drain. 
Hayscented Fern (Dunnstaedtia). 18 in. Tolerant. 
Maidenhair (Adiantum). Rich, moist, but drained soil. 
Easily grown. Showy and popular. 
Toothed Woodfern. 18 in. Evergreen. Damp soil. 
Sensitivefern (Anoclea). Shade, heavy, moist. 12 in. 
Interrupted Fern (Osmunda). 60 in. Damp, sunny. 
Cinnamonfern (Osmunda). 60 in. Any moist soil. 
Ostrich Fern (Pteretis nodulosa). 36 in. Very tolerant. 
This makes a delicious, nutritious asparagus substi- 
tute. Cut in “fiddle-head” stage, wash well, boil 30 
minutes, salt, serve like asparagus. 
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