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THE RUSSELL LUPIN 
In warm climates, treat them as an annual, 
sowing the seed early in the fall and then 
discard the planting after it flowers. 
Do not give lime to Lupins. They should 
be well fed but not too much nitrogen. 
DAFFODILS FROM SEED 
An Australian grower writes in the Aust- 
ralian Garden Lover the following: 
There is a great opportunity for young 
people to become interested in growing the 
Datfodil from seed. Apart from seeing your 
first Daffodil bloom, there is a far greater 
thing; you will find yourself absorbed in ihe 
wonders of Nature; you will forget all the 
hundreds of things that tend to entangle you 
and spoil the real joy of living. You will be- 
come the instrument of the Creator and in 
time, if you have sustained sufficient inter- 
est, you will learn much that books and ser- 
mons do not teach. You will come to ap- 
preciate how wonderful and beautiful this 
world is. 
ZAMIA FLORIDANA SEED WANTED. 
Does any of our readers have this plant 
growing in their neighborhood? It is nat- 
ive of South Florda and known as Coontie. 
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 12 ISSUES 
MINNESOTA WILD FLOWERS 
MINNESOTA NATIVE PLANTS 
The following plants are delivered post- 
Paid during the spring and again in the 
fall, when they are in condition for ship- 
Ping. 
The prices asked are very low and any 
one wanting these beautiful natives from 
the far North should order NOW. 
AQUILEGIA Canadensis. The American 
Columbine. Good for the rockery or the 
border; sun or part shade. 
ASARUM CANADENSIS. Wild Ginger. 
Good ground cover for shady places; if you 
need a quantity ask for special price. 
AHRISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM. Jack-in-the 
Pulpit. A hard-to-find wood plant that 
should be in every wild garden. 
CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES. Blue 
Cohosh. Deep blue berries in fall; 2 ft. 
CLINTONIA EOREALIS. Bluebeads. Small 
lily-like bloom in spring; very dark blue 
berries in the fall; acid soil. 
DODECATHEON MEDIA. Shooting Stars. 
White to rosy purple Cyclamen-like blos- 
soms in the spring. 
GERANIUM MACULATUM. Wild Geran- 
ium. Rosy pink blooms for the rockery or 
border; 1 foot high. 
HEPATICA TRILOBA. Round Lobed Hep- 
atica. White to deep blue blossoms; acid. 
IRIS VERSICOLOR. Blue Flag. For moist 
places; see Iris list for other species. 
MIMULUS RINGENS. Monkey Flower. 
Blue Snapdragon-like blossoms with yel- 
low centers; 2 feet high. 
PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS. Grass Parnassus 
White buttercup-like blossoms on slender 
stems. 
POLYGONATUM BIFLORUM. 
Seal. Drooping white bells, 
nearly black berries. . 
SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 
Root. White blossoms in early 
showy leaves yntil late summer. 
TRILLIUM CERNUUM. Nodding Trillium. 
Drooping white blossoms. 
UVULARIA PERFOLIATA. Merrybells, 
Drooping yellow bells in the spring; easy 
to grow in the shade. It is good. 
VIOLA BLANDA. Sweet White Violet. 
Fragrant small white Violet for naturaliz- 
ing in the wild garden. 
Solomon’s 
followed by 
Blood 
spring; 
VIOLA RUGULOSA. Tall Stemmed White 
Violet. Blooms nearly all summer; ideal 
for your wild garden, too. 
VIOLA CONSPERSA. Dog Violet. Pale 
blue flowers in early spring; for the wild 
garden for early flowers. 
ATHYRIUM FILIX-FEMINA. Lady Fern. 
One of the easiest ferns for shady places 
in the border or wild garden. 
DRYOPTERIS DILATATA. Mountain Fan- 
cy Fern. Beautiful evergreen fern; best 
in moist shady places in the border or in 
the wild garden or woods. 
DRYOPTERIS LINNEANA. Oak Fern. A 
beautiful tiny six inch fern with branched 
fronds that should go well in any shady 
moist place where small ferns would do. 
DRYOPTERIS PHEGOPTERIS. Narrow 
Beech Fern. Arrowhead-shaped fronds on 
6-8 inch stems; another fine fern for moist 
shady piaces in the border or wild garden. 
DRYOPTERIS THELYPLERIS. March 
Fern. Upright fronds to 18 inches; moist 
spots in either sun or shade. 
PTERETIS NODULOSA. Ostrich Ferns 
For sun or shade; a graceful fern growing 
to 5 feet; a sight in the woods or wild 
garden where the sun gets thru. 
PRICES: On your selection of ANY 6 
plants $1.80; ANY 12 for only $3.00; or 
you can select 35 plants any way you wish 
for only $8.00; postpaid. Certainly a bar- 
gain. Remember these are all HARDY. 
AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS. 
Berry; a hardy shrub. 
ARONIA MELANOCARPA. Black Choke- 
berry; wild life shrub for food and shelter. 
CORNUS ALTERNIFOLIA. 
wood. 
CORNUS STOLONIFERA. Red Osier Dog- 
wood. 
ILEX VERTICILLATA. Winterberry; a 
good shelter shrub for wild life. 
June 
Pagoda Dog- 
DIRCA CANADENSIS. Leatherwood. A 
small plant 6-12 inches high. : 
SAMBUCUS PUBENS. Red Berried Elder. 
This is a good shrub for a game shelter 
as well as for food. 
SYMPHORICARPUS RACEMOSUS NAN- 
US. Dwarf Snowberry; a good shrub for 
difficult embankments. 
VIBURNUM DENTATUM. Arrowwood. 
VIBURNUM LENTAGO. Nanny Berry. 
PRICES: ANY TWO PLANTS for $1.00 
or ANY 6 for only $3.50; postpaid. If you 
wish any quantity for planting for bird 
shelter and food, write for special prices. 
CYPRIPEDIUM ACAULE. Pink Moccasin 
Flower. 
CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM. Small 
Yellow Lady Slipper. 
CYPRIPEDIUM SPECTABILE. Showy 
Lady Slipper. 
CYPRIPEDIUM PRICES 
ANY TWO for ONLY $1.50; ANY six for 
only $4.00. This price is very low for these 
very hard-to-find plants. 
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SEED COLLECTING 
We receive many letters from all over the 
world as to the sale of some native seed the 
writer has. We are always glad to have this 
information but in some cases, we fear, tie 
collector has the impression that we could 
use pounds of his seed. This is not the case. 
Usually, where there is a good demand for 
a certain species, there are commercial seed 
growers and collectors who have established 
themselves as a reliable source of supply anc! 
it is usually best to trust the supply to these 
people and more especially on such seeds 
that are used by nurserymen or in the green- 
house. However, there are many nice native 
flowers, trees and shrubs that are not com- 
monly found offered in seed lists and it is 
these that we would like to have sources. 
It is best if one has the plant close at hand 
where there is little effort required to gather 
the seed when ripe. The seed should, as a 
tule, be gathered as soon as it is ripe, a little 
early is better than very late. Place the seed 
on some tray where there is a good air circul- 
ation but not direct sun. When the stems 
are dry they can be placed in a cloth bag and 
mailed in to us just as they are; we can do 
the cleaning easier and better with proper 
cleaning equipment than can the collector. 
If you do not have bags, we will be glad to 
mail you some. 
Seeds gathered outside of the United States 
must be free from ANY soil and also should 
have as little stems as possible, in order to 
pass the goverment inspectors because, while 
the seed itself will look and be free from dis- 
eases, it could easily happen that some leaf 
or stem disease or even insect, be present on 
this material. So in the case of foreign seeds 
they will have to be rather clean but not 
necessarily graded. 
All foreign seeds should be labeled with 
the botanical name, on each package. Some 
seeds are strictly prohibited while we must 
secure permits on others and some must be 
mailed under the yellow and green tags, 
which we can mail you. All types of bulbs, 
growing stocks, etc., must be shipped under 
the green and yellow goverment tags. 
On all such seeds the usual payment is by 
an exchange credit but in certain cases other 
arrangements are made; this should be taken 
up in detail by letter. Seeds from the South- 
ern Hemisphere should be wrapped in wax 
paper if coming by ordinary mail. We will 
be glad to have letters from anyone having 
a source in any uncommon seed. 
THE 1954 SEED LIST 
The new seed list is now being printed 
and because of the large number of enteries, 
over 7,000, it will not be finished till the 
early part of January. Copies will be mailed 
to all magazine subscribers and to all mak- 
ing purchases during 1953, as well to those 
having requested a copy during the last 2 or 
three months, when our supply was exhaust- 
ed due to an unexpected demand for it. If 
you do not receive your copy by January 15 
it will be best to drop us a postal. Copies 
will not be freely mailed out due to the high 
costs. 
STREPTOCARPUS EYLESSII 
A suggestion on growing this pretty South 
Rhodesian native may be of value. It is 
claimed that it should have the morning 
sun and a cool place. In its natural situat- 
ion, it is placed so that it never gets the 
afternoon sun. 
This fact might be of interest to those 
who are growing other species as well as 
the African Violet. Why not test it out 
and let us know your findings? 
