BOG PLANTS 
: Botanical oad Height Time of 
Color ein are and Description ae Bloom 
“Pur- SPIKED OR |*Lythrum Erect bushy plant. Delicate | 2-3 ft. |Late 
ple” PURPLE salicaria starry flowers with wavy petals in |Sun July to 
40 |LOOSE- wandlike spikes on long graceful leafy late 
STRIFE stems. Pretty for water-side. Prop. Aug. 
by division. “Any moist soil. Tem- 
perate Zone. 
“Rose” |PINK **L ythrum Tall spikes of flowers on long | 4-6 ft. © 
SPIKED salicaria var. | graceful stems covered with willowy |Sun or 
LOOSE- rdseum foliage. Beautiful on banks of |balf 
STRIFE supérbum streams and ponds. Prop. by divi- |shade 
L. roseum sion or cuttings. Moist soil preferable. 
su pérbum Hort. 
“Violet” [SQUARE- Mimulus Snapdragon-like flowers with open]} 1-2 ft. |July, 
47  |STEMMED ingens throats. Bog-garden or margin of |Sun Aug. 
MONKEY water. Prop. by seed. Any soil, 
FLOWER abundantly watered. N. Amer. 
“Brown- |EULALIA Miscanthus Striking kind of grass with plume-| 4-9 ft. |Oct. 
ish Sinénsis like spikes of flowers. Prop. by seed |Sun 
violet” Eulalia and division. Any soil. Japan. 
Japonica Vars. gracillimus, (Eulalia gracil- 
lima univittata, E. Japonica gracil- 
lima). Leaves narrower. Variegatus, 
foliage variegated. Zebrinus, leaves 
with cross bands of gold. Prop. the 
last two vars. by division. 
“Blue? |EVER- **Myosotis Dwarf plant of spreading habit,’ 8in. |May to 
57 |FLOWERING jpalistris called semperflorens from its long Shade Sept. 
FORGET- var. season of bloom. Flowers in loose 
ME-NOT sempérflorens | clusters. Good for damp shady spots 
of rock-garden. Prop. by seed and 
cuttings. Moist soil. Hort. 
“Pale ROYAL OR |*Osmtinda Distinctive in appearance. Smooth | 2-4 ft. $e 
green” /FLOWERING regalis pale green foliage and conspicuous |Sun or 
FERN fruit in flower-like clusters. hrives ‘shade 
in rich moist soil, even with water 
standing 2 or 3 in. deep. Prop. by 
spores. Eastern Amer. 
“Pur- |PICKEREL /|*Pontedéria Among the most beautiful of aquat- | 14-4 ft. |July to 
plish WEED cordata ics. Many small flowers in spikes. Sun or |Sept. 
blue” Glossy heart-shaped leaves. Pretty ‘half 
46 in bog-garden or best in water 6-12 shade 
in. deep. Prop. by division at any 
time. N. Amer. 
“Rosy |MEADOW _ |*Rhéxia Numerous showy flowers about 14; 9-12 in. [July to 
purple” |BEAUTY, Virginica in. wide, several on the stem, con- Sun ets 
DEER spicuous golden anthers. For bogs or 
GRASS moist spots in wild garden where it 
will form a bed of bloom. Prop. by 
seed or division. Peaty soil. Eastern 
U.S.A. 
“White”? COMMON Sagittaria Flowers similar to Butiercups in} 4-6ft. |July to 
ARROW- latifolia whorls of 3 around leafless sta.ks. Sun early 
HEAD S. sagitta@folra| Arrow-shaped leaves. For bogs, Sept. 
var.varidbilis,, edges of ponds and shallow water. 
S varidbilis | Prop by seed and division. N. Amer. ; 
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