. The Aiken Nurseries : nationally known for wildflowers. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Wild flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Page 8 THE AIKEN NURSERIES, PUTNEY, VERMONT rAKTKII)(;HBHKK'i . MUche/la refivtis. \):au\y, trailing vine with sliiiiy, roun<J green leaves anJ fragrant pink and white flowers in June. The Christmas-rccI berries appear in late Summer and last all Winter. The very best plant for ter- rariums. We used to fill and sell Partridgcberry bowls by the thousand at Christmas
. The Aiken Nurseries : nationally known for wildflowers. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Wild flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Page 8 THE AIKEN NURSERIES, PUTNEY, VERMONT rAKTKII)(;HBHKK'i . MUche/la refivtis. \):au\y, trailing vine with sliiiiy, roun<J green leaves anJ fragrant pink and white flowers in June. The Christmas-rccI berries appear in late Summer and last all Winter. The very best plant for ter- rariums. We used to fill and sell Partridgcberry bowls by the thousand at Christmas. We cannot do that any more because the glass bowls are not being manufactured. So if you have one of the bowls left, by all means start a patch of the berries. Easily grown In woods soil in open shade. We'll be glad to tell you how to fill the bowls. WILD BERGAMOT, Monarda fistulosa. Makes a choice display of lavender-purple to orchid flowers in July on 2- to 3-feet plants. Full sun or slight shade in ordinary garden soil. FORGET-ME-NOT, Myosotis scorpioides. The true Forget-me-not with cheery little blue flowers and clean foliage. It will grow in rich, dark soil in sun or shade, but really belongs at the border of small streams and pools. Blossoms from June until frost. SHOWY ORCHIS, Orchis spectabilis. One of the loveliest, most modest of wildflowers. A white, lower petal usually overhung with three orchid- purple ones. Several blossoms on each stem. Hard- wood leafmold in partial shade. $ each, 3 for $ Stock limited. WOODSORREL, Oxalis acetosella. Delicate, white-petaled flowers veined with pink lines. Leaves like Shamrock. Quite dense shade and leaf-mold. 2 to 4 in. PRICKLEYPEAR, Opuntia vulgaris. An eastern cactus which grows on cliflFs and dry, gravelly land in southern New England and westward. Very easy to raise under such conditions. Yellow blos- soms in July. GRASS OF PARNASSUS, Parnassia caro- liniana. Solitary, white flower somewhat like a Buttercup on a
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