Show QUEER c cI I I TICA lIEp ron LIVER VT r I I II TIlE THE nerA TIC rL PLANT T Di By Dv ARTHER N N PACK I President Association tiro tho American o tUIO l Our grandmothers used to be be- be that any resemblance ot of a plant to a part of ot the human huma body was as an Indication that the plant could be used as a cure for or disease In the resembled part Thus we find that liver corn com plaint could be cured by eating the tho shaped liver-shaped leaves ot of o our common hepatica Though mod mod- cm era science has discredited this belief the name Hepatica mean moan Ing lug liver stub still clings to this group p ot o of plants because ot of the I blance blancs of ot Its leaves to the liver Fuzzy buds unbend In la the wak wake ake ot of the melting snow and the fra- fra fragile fragile gile blossoms throw ort oft their fur overcoats o In the first days o of spring Pure white or lilac iliac pur pur- pur pie plo odorless or with faint sweet fragrance each flower In a a single patch of ot plants shows Its owl own Individuality i A-i A with Ith practically all colored blossoms blos hepaticas entertain in nu nu- nu numerous Insect guests ranging from the pollen-devouring pollen tiles flies and ants to more gaudy nectar-eating nectar but but but- butterflies terl es I In spite ot of its beauty hepatica hepatic Is fairly well protected against the flower vandal who ho picks honors HS thoughtlesslY with no regard for forthe forthe the morrow Its protection lies In the perennial roots which con con- eon to live year after atter year even though the blossoms bo be free freely pi plucked Occasionally however the ove over zealous gatherer flower-gatherer pulls tl the roots with the flower Clower and then the plant Is destroyed forever Hepatica as are aro most moat woodland flowers are far tar more attractive In their native haunts than than- thanin 1 In wilted dejected bouquets They can be readily grown In the wild garden at home If It the conditions of the shady moist woods be Imitated |