. Aiken's 1953 garden book. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Baneberry Blossom White Baneberry (Aclsea alba). Often called " Doll's Eyes" because each of its clustered white berries is tipped with a black "; Preceding the berries are feathery, cream-white flowers in May. Easily grown in light to dense shade in leaf mold. 18 in. or taller. Red Baneberry (A. rubra). One of the most perma- nent wildflowers in gardens. Fluffy white flowers
. Aiken's 1953 garden book. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Baneberry Blossom White Baneberry (Aclsea alba). Often called " Doll's Eyes" because each of its clustered white berries is tipped with a black "; Preceding the berries are feathery, cream-white flowers in May. Easily grown in light to dense shade in leaf mold. 18 in. or taller. Red Baneberry (A. rubra). One of the most perma- nent wildflowers in gardens. Fluffy white flowers in May succeeded by bright red berries in July. Rich, moist soil in shade. 2 ft. American Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). Jaunty little gold and scarlet jester's caps nod on slender stems in May and June. Choice for rock garden or ledge pockets. Sun or shade; almost any soil. 12 in. Dragonrool or Green Dragon (Aris;ema drarontium i. Blooms in May a little after jack-in-the-pulpit. I nique flowers with spadix long and tapering like a bayonet. Plant some Green Dragons to guard your "; Moist soil in partial shade. 12 in. Jack-in-t he-Pulpit (.1. Iripliyllnm). " Indian-turnip," loo, because the redmen are said to haw made flour from its bitter bulbs, fascinating, hooded, green or green-and-brown-striped blooms in Ma> are followed h\ red berries in summer. Moist soil in partial shade. 12 to If! in. Wild Ginger i \sarurn canadense). Dillicult to find in the woods because the maroon, inch-wide blooms in late April or early May barely peek out from the shelter of the fuzzy, gray-green, heart-shaped leaves. Rich woods soil in partial shade. 3 to 1 in. Butterfly weed (Asclepias luberosa). Brilliant orange flowers in July and August. For the open field or garden border in sun. 2 ft. Marshmarigold (Callha palustris). Also called " Amer- can ; Relished by farm folks for early "greens" but prized by gardeners for its radiant cups of
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