. The Aiken Nurseries. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Wild flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. THE AIKEN NURSERIES, PUTNEY, VERMONT Page 19 SQUIRREL CORN, Dicentra canadensis. Feath- ery foliage with white, drooping flowers, sometimes Hushed with pink, in April and May. Both this and the following variety are excellent plants for the shady wild or rock garden. They prefer a rock pocket filled with leaf-mold. 6 to 9 in. DUTCHMAN'S BRKKCHES, Dicentra cucul- laria. Pale yellow, quaintly formed, pet
. The Aiken Nurseries. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Wild flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. THE AIKEN NURSERIES, PUTNEY, VERMONT Page 19 SQUIRREL CORN, Dicentra canadensis. Feath- ery foliage with white, drooping flowers, sometimes Hushed with pink, in April and May. Both this and the following variety are excellent plants for the shady wild or rock garden. They prefer a rock pocket filled with leaf-mold. 6 to 9 in. DUTCHMAN'S BRKKCHES, Dicentra cucul- laria. Pale yellow, quaintly formed, petulant flow- ers tipped deeper yellow in the centers appear in April and May. 6 to 9 in. TRAILING ARBUTUS, Epigaea repens. May- flower. The flower the roughest woodsmen wear and the busiest farmers find lime to pick a bunch and take home to their women-folk. Fragrant pink and white flowers very early in the Spring on ever- green foliage. Plant in acid soil in partial shade and cover with a mulch of pine needles so thick that the plants are just visible through it. Plants are shipped with small balls of soil about the roots. 75c each, 3 for $ JOB-PYE WEED, Eupatorium purpureum. Huge wine-purple flower heads on 4 to 5 feet stems in late July and September. Full sun in moist ground. Attracts the Monarch butterflies. SNOW THOROUGHWORT, Eupatorium urti- caefolium. The most beautiful of the family. The flower clusters, white as swan's-down, contrast effectively against dark green, notched leaves. Rich moist soil, drier than for the two preceding varie- ties. Partial shade in August and September. 2 ft. GALAX, Galax aphylla. Valuable as a ground cover beneath Rhododendrons and Laurel. Lustrous, leathery leaves. White blossoms on 1-foot spikes in June. Evergreen. Spreads rapidly. Requires acid soil and shade. CHECKERBERRY or WINTERGREEN, Gaul- theria procumbens. A trailing plant with glossy green leaves and waxy white, bell-shaped blossoms followed in Autumn by bright red berries.
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