KEL5EY'5 HARDY AMERK^AN PLANTS 
X^roJvn in the Carolina jyfountains at 3800 feet elel^ation 
OTHER INSECTIVOROUS. AQUATIC AND BOG PLANTS, continued 
HELONIAS bullata. Swamp Pink. 4 to 7 in. Purple. A rare boft plant, easily grown and very showy in 
early April. 
IRIS pseudacorus. Yellow Flag. 2 to 3 ft. A beautiful and satisfactory species, 
versicolor. L.\kge Blue Flag. 2 to 3 ft. Borders of ponds. 
* NELUMBIUM luteum. Water Chinkapln. A tine aquatic with leaves 1 to IK ft. wide, and large pale yel- 
low tlr.wcrs .") to 8 in. across. 
NYMPHAEA {Nuphar) advena. Thick cordate leaves and small liriglit yellow flowers. 
sagittaelolia. Yellow Water Lilv. Very rare species intro- 
(iuced by us. 
ORONTIUM aquaticum. Golden Club. 6 to 24 in. Golden. 
Fur growing in mud or slow-running streams. 
OXYCOCCUS macrocarpus. American ("kanberby. 8 in. 
Wliite or reddish, (irows in sphagnum moss with muddy or 
sandy boltoin. 
PONTEDERIA cordata. Pickerel-Weed. 1 to 4 ft. Blue, ■ 
vigorous growing; lor streams or ponds. 
SAGITTARIA longirostra. Long-Beaked Arrow -Head. IK to 
:! ft. White. Very variable leaves, 
latifolia. Bkoad Lkavkli Akkow-He.^d. 4 in. to 4 ft. White. 
SPARGANIUM ramosum. Buu Reed. 2 to 3 ft. Hardy bog 
plant with Howers in bur-shaped head. 
TYPHA latifolia. Bhoad-Leaved Cat-Tail. 2 to 6 ft. A stout 
marsh plant sometimes growing in running water. Dark browu 
spikes. Gives quick effects, 
angustifolia. Narrow-Leaved Cat-Tail. 5 to 10 ft. Similar 
to the last species, but with narrower leaves and taller growth. 
Light brown spikes. 
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Cypripediums and Other Hardy- 
Native Terrestrial Orchids 
■ I A most charming group of showy and curious plants, and easy to 
1 \ \ grow if given proper conditions of soil and location. But they are 
1 I I shy wildings and many of them rare and local. A rich, peaty, 
III rather moist soil, with shade, best favors the growth of most species, 
I and some love the bog even, such as tbe delightful Cyprlpedium 
I re^nae, the dainty Fogonias, Calopogon and Habenarias, thcngh all 
H I these thrive well in the rich shady garden. 
fl / APLECTRUM spicatum. Pi TTy Root. 1 to 2 ft. A curious 
I Orchid. Greenish brown 
I flowers flecked with white 
• ^Hl and purple. 
ARETHUSA bulbosa. r>to9 in. 
A bog species, very showy. 
A large terminal bright pur- 
pie fragrant flower on a 
' slender stem. 
CYPRIPEDIUM acaule. 
Moccasin Flower, ti to 12 
in. Lip rose-purple, rarely 
Large purple flowers with thick clusters of leaves. May and 
Limodorum tuberosum. Grass Pink 
(See paKo 2ii) 
white. 
June. 
oandidum. Small White Ladies' Slipper. 6 to 12 in. A rare species. 
White, purple stripes. June, 
montana. Fuaokant Ladies' Slipper. 1 to 2ft. A delicate species from 
the northwest. Flowers purple and white in June. 
HIRSUTUM. Large Yellow Ladies' Slipper. 1 to 2 ft. 
Bright yellow flowers called slippers, sometimes three to five on 
each stem. 
parvitlOFum. Small Yeli^ow Ladies' Slipper. 1 to 2 ft. Fra- 
grant yellow flowers in May and June. 
REGINAE (spectabile) . Showy Ladies' Slifper. 1 to 
2 ft. The handsomest and one of the rarest of hardy Or- 
chids. The broadly ovate sepals and petals are pure white, 
while the large inflated pouch is a beautiful soft red rose- 
color. A strong grower, preferring peat soils. Succeeds 
well in the rhododendron bed or in the bog. June and 
early July. 
Cypripedium hirsutum 
Photographed by 1). V. K. 
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