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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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