BOG 
PLANTS 
Botanical 
Height 
English sous Time of 
Clee | Nene | ae Pec situation | Bloom 
plum color, sometimes mottled or 
deeply veined. Narrow erect leaves. 
Beautiful in masses beside water. 
Prop. by seed and division. Any 
good soil. Water during flowering 
season. For names of good vars. see 
page 267. 
“Yellow” COMMON OR'Iris Forms Juxuriant clumps having | :4-3 ft. |Late 
5&2 YELLOW Pseudacorus | many stems which bear large broad- |.* 1% May 
WATER etaled flowers veined with brown. to late 
FLAG ong stiff gray-green leaves. Beauti- June 
ful for the margin of water. Prop. by 
division. Europe. 
“Bright |LARGER Tris Native Iris. Flowers markea with | 1-3 tt. |Late 
purple” |BLUE FLAG versicolor white, yellow and purple. Leaves |Sun or |May, 
55 lighter shghtly grayish. Good for margin of ‘half June 
page and also for dry positions. |shade 
rop. by division. Canada; Northern 
U.S. A. 
Various |CANADA OR Lilium Well-known native species found in| 1-4ft. June, 
1 spotted WILD Canadénse moist meadows and bogs. Spotted |Sux July 
brown or YELLOW flowers, varying from yellow io red, \or half 
1i shad- |LILY droop in a circle, surmounting the |shade 
ing to 14 graceful stems around which the 
leaves grow in whorls. Easily nat- 
uralized. Bulbous. Prop. by offsets 
or scales. Light well-drained soit. 
Avoid direct contact with manure. 
Eastern N. Amer. 
“Reddish AMERICAN (**Lilium Native in meadows and marshes.| 3-6ft. |Eariy 
orange” |TURK’S supérbum Delicate drooping flowers having |Sun or |July to 
bet. CAP LILY pointed reflexed petals, spotted with- |half early 
19 & 20 in, in a pyramidal panicle of about |sbade Aug. 
twenty. ulbous. Prop. by offsets, 
scales, or very slowly by seed. Any 
well-drained soil. Avotd direct con- 
tact with manure. Eastern N. Amer. 
“Crim- /|CARDINAL |**Lobélia Brilliant flowers in spikes on erect | 2-4 ft. |Mid. 
son” FLOWER, _ (cardinalis unbranching stems. Leaves narrow |Sun or |July io 
20 INDIAN mostly on lower part of stalk. Nat- |shade Sept. 
PINK uralize near water or plant in shaded 
border. Prop. by seed or division. 
Rich soil, preferably moist. Wet 
places, Eastern N. Amer. See Plate, 
page 468. 
“Blue” |GREAT **Lobélia Tubular flowers in long leafy spikes |_1-3 it. |Mid. 
46 |LOBELIA, |syphilitica jon slightly hairy stalks. Foliage |Suz Aug. 
BLUE large, smooth or hairy. Good in bog- to late 
CARDINAL garden or border. oist soil. Wet Sept. 
FLOWER places, Eastern U. S. A. See Plate, 
page 468. 
“White” GREAT **Lobelia Handsome variety. Flowers in| 2-3 ft. |Mid. 
WHITE syphilitica long spikes. Leaves almost stemless |Sun Aug. to 
LOBELIA var. alba on the flower stalks. Damp grounds Sept. 
or bogs. Prop. by seed or cuttings. 
Hori. 
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