WILDFLOWERS — continued 
Iris cristata — Crested Iris. 
Easiest of wildflowers to grow and at home any- 
where, especially in rock gardens and _ ledge 
pockets. Plant in colonies for a bright carpet of 
sky-blue, white and gold in early May. Practically 
any soil in sun or light shade. 3 to 4 inches. 
I. pseudacorus — Yellow Flag Iris. 
This makes a joyous picture of early summer, 
blooming among forget-me-nots beside a stream or 
pool. 2 to 3 feet. 
I. verna — Vernal Iris. 
Tiniest of our native Iris, with pale blue flowers in 
May. Excellent for planting among such plants as 
rhododendrons, azaleas, blueberries and galax be- 
cause it wants acid soil and considerable shade. 
I. versicolor — Blue Flag Iris. 
For sunny swamps or damp spots. Rich, light blue 
flower; 2 to 3 feet high, June. 
Liatris pycnostachya — Kansas Gayfeather. 
Cattail Gayfeather. , 
Splendid open-field flower from the praries. Tall 
spikes of close-set, pinkish lavender, thistle-like 
flowers in August. Ordinary soil in full sun. 3 feet 
or taller. 
L. scariosa — Tall Gayfeather. Blazing Star. 
Button-shaped thickly set, lavender-pink flowers 
on 2-foot spikes in September. Full sun and soil on 
the dry and sandy side just suit this desirable 
native of open fields. 
Lilium canadense — Canada Lily. Meadow Lily. 
Airily pendent, golden yellow or orange-red 
trumpets appear in midsummer when good wild- 
flowers are scarce. Easily grown in moist soil in 
full sun to partial shade. Set bulbs 6 to 8 inches 
deep. 3 to 6 feet. 
L. philadelphicum — Wood Lily. Orange Cup. 
Brilliant, upright, orange-red chalices spotted with 
maroon in June and July. Best in light shade and 
well-drained, acid soil. Set bulbs 5 inches deep. 
18 to 30 inches. 
L. superbum — American Turkscap Lily. 
Easiest native Lily to establish in your garden. 
Flaming orange blooms are spectacular in mid- 
summer. Full sun or light shade. Set bulbs 6 
inches deep. 4 to 6 feet. 
Linnaea borealis americana—Twinflower. Potgrown. 
Two dainty pink bells on slender stems about 3 
inches high. A charming creeper. Begins to bloom 
in June. Prefers dense shade in the acid soil of 
pines and hemlocks. 
Lobelia cardinalis — Cardinal Flower. 
Reddest wildflower. Vivid scarlet spikes in late 
summer. Moist soil in sun or shade; splendid 
along streams. Mulch well for winter if not near 
water or in shade. 3 to 4 feet. 
L. siphilitica — Large Blue Lobelia. 
Showy, bright blue spikes in August and Septem- 
ber. Easier than cardinal, flowers to raise in 
crn garden soil. Sun or partial shade. 1 to 3 
eet. 
Mertensia virginica — Virginia Bluebells. 
Pink and blue buds open into light blue bells in 
May. Lovely massed in light shade or used as a 
groundcover in tulip or daffodil plantings. Foliage 
disappears in summer. From late July until the 
ground freezes is the proper time to plant it. 
15 inches. 
VIRGINIA BLUEBELL 
Mitchella repens — Partridgeberry. 
Dainty trailing vine with fragrant small pink and 
white blooms in June, followed by red berries late 
in summer. Little, round, glossy evergreen leaves. 
Gather as soon as the berries are red for use 
indoors in terrariums, or the birds will be ahead of 
you. Woods soil in open shade. 
Myosotis scorpioides — True Forget-me-not. 
No better flower for naturalizing beside a stream 
or pool. Much sentiment is always attached to this 
dainty, tender blue cluster of flowers. Full sun or 
light shade. Rich, dark soil. June until frost. 
Phlox bifida — Cleft Phlox. Sand Phlox. 
Tenpoint Phlox. 
Star shaped blooms of subtle grey blue completely 
cover Dia in late May. Sandy soil in full sun. 
inches. 
P. divaricata — Blue Phlox. Sweetwilliam Phlox. 
Clear blue to lavender flowers in clusters, often 
brightening woodland glades. Fragrant. 12 to 
16 inches. 
P. stolonifera — Creeping Phlox. 
Lavender-pink flowers on creeping plants in late 
May and early June. Very good for carpeting 
under deciduous trees where nothing else will 
grow, because it thrives on poor, thin, acid soil. 
Podophyllum peltatum — Mayapple. 
The single white fragrant flowers, sometimes 2 
inches across, have their beauty concealed by the 
immense peltate leaf above them. The fruit, an 
inch or more in diameter, ripening in late summer, 
is round and yellowish green, edible if one likes the 
flavor, or rather lack of flavor, but the foliage and 
odes are said to be poisonous. Rich soil in light 
shade. 
Polygonatum biflorum — Small Solomonseal. 
Small, green bells along the arching leaf stems in 
late May and June are followed in late summer by 
conspicuous, steel-blue berries. Light to dense 
shade in woodsy soil. 2 to 3 feet. 
