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WILD FLOWER SEEDS FOR SALE

Sow in October

, November and early December

Owing to an increasing interest in our native sweet

herbs, pot-herbs

and simples the species listed

here are so marked. A. simple, some part of

plant that was or is used medicinally. A pot-herb used

for food or flay—

oring in cooking. A swee t herb valued for its fragrance

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Seed packets »15 cts. apiece e::cept cardinal

flower 25 cts.

and fringed gentian

50 cts.

Achillea millefolium

Yarrow

Simple

Actaea alba

White baneberry

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" rubra

Red baneberry

n

Agrimonia gryposepala

Agrimony

tt

Anaphalis margaritacea

Pearly everlasting

tt

Anemone cylindrica

Tall anemone

it

** virginiana

Large flowered anemone

it

Anethum graveolens

Dili Garden escape

& pot-herb

Aquilegia canadensis

Columbine

Argemone platyceras

Prickly poppy

Arisaema triphyllum

Jack— i n— t Lie-pulp i t

Simple

Artemisia absinthium

Wormwood Carden escape

& pot-herb

Asarum canadense

Wild ginger

tt

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp milkweed

it

phytolaccoides

Poke milkweed

it

u Tuberosa

Butterfly weed

tt

Aster acuminatus

Wood aster

tt

cordifolius

Heart leaved aster

n

concolor

Dark purple aster

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'* dumosus

Bushy white aster

tt

eriocoides

Heath aster

tt

lateriflorus

Calico aster

tt

!? linariifolius

Light violet aster

tt

’’ nemoralis

Lilac aster

n

novae— angliae

New England aster

tt

" , roseus

Pink New England aster

tt

patens

Spreading aster

tt

’’ Tradescanti

Tradescant s aster

a

umbellatus

White aster

tt

Asters

Mixed asters

n

Astragalus succulentus

Rattlebox

Baptisia tinctoria

False indigo

Simple & pot-herb

Boehmeria cylindrica

Halse nettle

Cassia chamoechrista

Partridge pea

Campanula rapunculoides

Bluebell

Celastrus scandens

Bitter-sweet

Simple

Chelone glabra

Turtlehead

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Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

White daisy

Parthenium

Feverfew

tt

C ichor ium Intybus

Chicory

u & pot-herb

Cimicifuga racenosa

Black cohosh

tt

Cirsium Lanceolatum

Large field thistle

’’ muticum

Swamp thistle

Clematis virginiana

Wild clematis

Simple

Collinsonia canadense

Citronella

& pot-hei b

Coyydalis sempervirens

Pale corydalis

Desmodium grand if lorum

Large tree tickfoil

Dipsacus sylvestris

Card teasel

Simple

Echi no cyst is lobata

Wild cucumber vine

Epilobium angistifolium

Fireweed

densum

Slender firev/eed

Echium vulgare

Viper’s bugloss

Simple

Erigeron annum s

Daisy fleabane

tt

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Eriocaulon septangulare Eschscholtzia californica Eupatorium perfoliatum M purpureum

" urticaefolium

Euphorbia marginata Galium triflorum Gaultheria procumbens Gent i ana Andrews ii Gentians criuita Geranium maculatum Gerardia flava

,r tenuifolia Geum flavum Godetia aemona Heliantlius decapitalis Heracleum lanatum

Houstonia caerulea Hypericum perforatum w virginicum

Hyssop officinalis Impatiens biflora Inula helenium Iris missouriensis ,r versicolor Liatris scariosa Lilium canadense M columbianium

philadephicum

Linaria vulgaris Lobelia cardinalis Lonicera tataric Lychnis alba hupimwg pure mil fa

Mtkania scandens Maianthemum canadense Melilotus alba Mentzelia lindleyi Monarda fistulosa punctata Monotropa uniflora LIyesotis laxa Myrica carolinensis Nepeta cataria " hdereacea

Oenothera biennis grandiflora

Pachythus canescens Pentstemon grandiflorus Phytolacca decandra Physostegia virginiana Podophyllum peltatum Polygonatum biflorum Polygonella articulata Polyganum scandens Potentilla fruticosa " norvegica

recta

Prunella vulgaris Pycnanthemum flexuosum Ranunculus acris Rhexia virginica

Seven-angled pipewort California peppy Boneset Joe Pye-weed False boneset Snow-on- 1 he -mount a i n Sweet scented bedstraw Uintergreen Closed gentian Fringed gentian Wild geranium Yellow flase foxglove Small purple gerardia Cream colored avens Farewell-to-spring Ten-petaled sunflower Com parsnip Rose mal-low- Innocence St* John* s?/ord Marsh St John’ swort Hyssop Garden Escape Jewel— weed

Simple

n

u

Simple & pot-herb

Simple

Simple

n

tr

it

Simple

tt

Elecampane T*

Western iris Wild iris

Blazing star Simple

Meade?/ lily

Columbian lily

Red or l lai j.e lily

Butvor-and-eggs Simnle

Cardinal flo?/er n

Tartarian honeysuckle Garden escape

Evening lychnis

-Wi- 14-lupine

Climbing boneset

False lily-of-t he- valley

Sv/eet v/hite clover Simple

Blazing star

Wild bergamot Simple

Horse mint fr

Indian pipe n

Wild forget-me-not n

Bayberry Simple

Catnip Tr

Gill— over— the-ground w

Evening primrose n

Large flov/ered evening Tr

primrose

White evening primrose Large beard tongue

Pokev/eed Simple & pot-herb

False dragonhead

Mayapple Simple

Solomon’s seal ,f

Coast jointv/eed Climbing false buckwheat Shrubby cinquefoil Norway n

Rough

Heal-all Simple

Narrow -leaved mountain mint

Buttercup

Meadow beauty

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Rhododendron nudiflorum Ridana alternifolius Rosa Carolina " humulis Rubus odorata Sagittaria latifolia Sanguinaria canadensis Bangui sorba canadensis Satauria hortensis Sarracenia purpureum Saxifraga virginiensis Scutellaria latifolia

Pink azalea. Pinxter flower Yellow ironweed Swamp rose Pasture rose

Purple flowering raspberry Sweet herb Arrowhead

Bloodroot Simple

American burnet Pot-herb

Summer savory Garden escape Simple

Pitcher plant Saxifrage Mad-dog scull— cap

Simple

Simple

Seriocarpus asteroides

white topped aster

Silene laterifolia

Bladder campion

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Blue eyed grass

Srnilax herbacae

Carrion vine

Simple

Smilacena racemosa

False Solomon's seal

n

Solanum dumcamara

Nightshade

it

Solidago bicolor

Silver— rod

" ceasia

t/reath goldenrod

" canadensis

Canada

" graminifolia

Lance-leaved goldenrod

" odora

Sweet scented ,r

" nemoralis

Gray goldenrod

" rugosa

Rough "

" speciosa

Shining "

,r tenuifolia

Slender **

Solidagos

Mixed species

Spiraea latifolia

MeadoT/— sweet

Simple

,f tomentosa

Steeplebush

tt

Steironema ciliatum

Fringed loosestrife

Tanacetum vu.lgar e

Tansy

Simple

Thalictrum polygamum

Tall meadow rue

Trifolium agrarium

Yellow Hop clover

" pratense

Red clover

Simple

Trillium erectum

Red trillium

Verbascum blattaria

Moth mullein

Simple

Verbena hastata

Vervain

tr

Vernonia novoboroensis

Ironweed

»r

Veronica virginica

Culver's root

n

Violas*

Mixed violets

it

Leaflets*

Collecting, preparing and planting wild flower seeds Price 15 cts* Berried plants and shrubs and the birds they attract " **

The value of our native Connecticut Flora Lecture $1*00

Please give a few extra names of species for a second choice and also add three cents for postage*

Alice E* Hyde 242 Henry Street, Brooklyn* New York*

Tfee seeds are sold for the benefit of the work of conservation of our native flora.

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