. Aiken's 1953 garden book. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS, continued. Purple Trillium or Wakcrobin Purple Trillium or Wakcrobin (Trillium erectum). Oxblood-red flowers in early spring. Very pretty growing in association with maidenhair ferns, wild ginger and bloodroot. Moist shade. 12 to 15 in. Yellow Trillium (T. flavum or luleum). Rare species with mottled leaves and pale yellow, fragrant blooms. Moist shade. 75c each; 3 or more at 70c
. Aiken's 1953 garden book. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS, continued. Purple Trillium or Wakcrobin Purple Trillium or Wakcrobin (Trillium erectum). Oxblood-red flowers in early spring. Very pretty growing in association with maidenhair ferns, wild ginger and bloodroot. Moist shade. 12 to 15 in. Yellow Trillium (T. flavum or luleum). Rare species with mottled leaves and pale yellow, fragrant blooms. Moist shade. 75c each; 3 or more at 70c, prepaid. Snow Trillium (T. grandiflorum). Showy, snow- white flowers as much as 4 inches across in May. Blooms become suffused with pink as they age. Easiest Trillium to naturalize. Moist soil with sand and either leaf mold or compost dug in. Semi-shade. 18 in. Dwarf Trillium (T. nivale). First to bloom in spring. Lovely pure white flowers like a large hepatica or a small bloodroot. Moist shade. 4 in. Prairie Trillium (T. recurvatum). Rich, deep brown- ish red flowers with uniquely recurved petals. Mottled leaves. Moist shade. VIOLETS Canada Violet (Viola canadensis). Fragrant flowers are while with a purplish tinge. Blooms recurrently through summer and fall. Any garden soil in shade. 12 in. Blue Marsh Violet (V. cucullala). Pretty, fragrant, blue flowers on vigorous plants. Grows in any good soil but stems are longer in moist locations. Birdsfoot Violet (!'. pedala). Lovely blue, pansy-like blooms in April and May: blooms again in October. Dry, sandy soil in sim or light shade. Leaves divided so that they resemble a bird's footprint. 1 to 6 in. Two-color Bjrdsfoot Violet. Lower petals violet- blue and upper ones velvet\ purple. Hare. A free fall bloomer. Culture and height same as species. Dow ny Yellow Violet (I . pubescens). Long stems make this bright \ellow. woodland \anel\ good for cutting. Blooms in Vpril and Ma\ in light soil and light shade. 8 to 12 Please note
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