The Garden Club of Mount Desert Tentative List 'of Species Native to Nt. Desert, Available for Gardens In suggesting the following native shrubs or plants for gardening purposes, I wish it to be distinctly under- stood that I approve of the use of natives, only if planted from seed or obtained from nurseries where the speciments are well established. Although transplanting from the woods of fields might sometimos temporarily succeed, nine times out of ten it would be a failure, immediate or postponed by a few years only. Orohids (which I have omitted entirely) cannot possibly be permanently established in gardens unless by sheer luck; and their collection would morely denude the island of its rarest and sost delicate beauties. I have omitted also such types (columbine, lilies, iris, etc.) as in horticulturally superior forms are already commonplaces of any garden. The arrangment of the list is botanical. Names are as used by Wherry. Arrowhead (Sagittaria) Mud and water Calla (C. palustris) Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) " Troutlily or Dog-Tooth Violet Moist woods (Erythronium americanum) Bluebead Lily (Clintonia borealis) Shady woods Wood Solononplune (Smilacina racenosa) Moist woods Wood Solomonseal (Polygonatum pubescens) 19 Sweetgale (Myrica gale) Sun and water Bayberry (Myrica caroliniensis) Open ledges, etc. -2- Sweetfern (Myrica asplenifolia) Open ledges, etc. Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) Dry woods Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) 11 Spatterdock (Nymphaea advena) Mud and water Waterlily (Castalia odorata) 11 White Baneberry (Actaea alba) Dry woods Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra) " Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea) Boggy meadows Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) Dry woods Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) Open ledges, etc. Scarlet Thorn (Crataegus coccinea) Open fields, etc. Cockspur Thorn (Crataegus crus-galli) Wineleaf Cinquefoil (Potentilla tridentata) Open ledges, etc. Shrub Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) Silver-and-gold (Potentilla anserina) Dry open places Sweetbrier (Rosa rubiginosa) Pastures Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana) Open places Blue Vetch (Vicia cracca) Meadows Gaywings (Polygala paucifolia) Open woods Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) Cliffs, ledges, heaths Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) Copses, etc. Mountain Holly (Nemopanthes mucronata) Hillsides, ledges Goldheather (Hudsonia ericoides) High sunny ledges Meadowbeauty (Rhexia virginica) Meadows American Spikenard (Aralia racemosa) Rich woods Bristly Sarsaparilla (Aralia hispida) Dry gravel, etc. Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) Woods Roundleaf Dogwood (Cornus rugosa) Rich woody openings Blueberry Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) 11 -3- Sunnersweet (Clethra alnifolia) Rich woody openings Labrador Tea (Ledum groenlandicum) Swamps Rhodora (Rhodora canadensis) Meadows, ledges Lambkill (Kalmia angustifolis) 11 Bearberry (Aretostaphylos 'iva-ursi) Ledges, etc. Beach Primrose (Glaux maritima) Stony seashore Rosebell Dogbane (Apocynum androsacmifolium) Woody openings Beach Bluebell (Mertensia maritima) Along shingle Marsh Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) liet meadows Blue Toadflax (Linaria canadensis) Meadows or shady places Blueberry Honeysuckle (Lonicera villosa) Rich woods Hobblebush (Viburnum lnntanoides) Cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus) escaped into woods ? Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum sosrifolium) Rich woods Arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum) Withe-rod (Viburnum cassinoides) Scarlet Elder (Sambuous racemosa) Woods Hairbell (Campanula rotundifolia) Rocky open places Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis) Stream banks Mrs. Reginald C. Robbins