^EL5EY^; HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
- -'^^0ro}vn in the Carolina jyfountains atsSooJeetelel^ation 
OTHER IKSECTIVOROUS. AQUATIC AND BOG PLANTS, continued 
HELONIAS bullata. Sw.amp Pink. 4 to 7 in. Purple. A rare bog plant, easily grown and very sliowy iu 
early April. 
IRIS pseudacorus. Yet.low Flag. 2 to 'A ft. A beautiful and satisfactory species, 
versicolor. Lakhk Blue PixiG. 2 to 3 ft. Borders of ponds. 
NELDMBIUM luteum. Water Chinkapi.v. A flne aquatic with leaves 1 to ft. wide, and large pale yel- 
low lU.wers .") to 8 ill. across. 
NYMPHAEA {Snphur) advena. Thick cordate leaves and small briglit yellow flowers. 
sagittaefolia. Yellow Wateu Lily. Very rare species intro- 
)Ui<M'd Ity us. 
ORONTIUM aquaticum. Golden Club. 6 to 24 in. Golden. 
For growiriji in inu<l ttr slow-running streams. 
0XYC30CCUS macrocarpus, Amekican ("hanberry. 8 in. 
White or reddish, (irows in spliagnum moss with muddy or 
sandy botltim. 
PONTEDERIA cordata. Pickerel-Weed. 1 to 4 ft. Blue, 
vigorous growing; for streams or ponds. 
SAGITTARIA longirostra. Lono-Beaked Abbow-Head. IK to 
M ft. White. \'<'ry viiriable leaves, 
latifolia. BmiAD-IiKAVEi) Akrow-Head. 4 in. to 4 ft. White. 
SPARGANIUM ramosum. Bur Reed. 2 to 3 ft. Hardy bog 
plant with flowers in bur-shaped head. 
TYPHA latifolia. Broad-Leaved Cat-Tail. 2 to 6 ft. A stout 
marsh plant sometimes growing iu running water. Dar)( brown 
spiites. Gives quick effects, 
angustifolla. Narrow'-Leaved Cat-Tail. 5 to 10 ft. Similar 
to the last species, but with narrower leaves and taller growth. 
Light brown spikes. 
IX 
Cypripediums and Other Hardy 
Native Terrestrial Orchids 
A most charming group of sliowy and curious ]>Iants, antl easy to 
grow if given proper conditions of soil and location. But they are 
shy wildings and many of them rare and local. A rich, peaty, 
rather moist soil, with shade, best favors the growth of nH)st species, 
and some love the bog even, sncli as the delightful Cypripedium 
reginae, the dainty Fogonias, Calorogon and Habenarias, though all 
these thrive well in the rich sliady garden. 
APLECTRUM spicatum. Pitty Root. 1 to 2 ft. A curious 
Ori'hid. Greenish brown 
flowers flecked with white 
and purple. 
ARETHUSA bulbosa. 6 to 9 in. 
A bog species, very showy. 
A large terminal bright pur- 
ple fragrant flower on a 
slender stem. 
CYPRIPEDIUM acaule. 
Moccasin Flower, (i to 12 
in. Lip rose-purple, rarely 
Large purple flowers with thick clusters of leaves. May and 
Limodorum taberosum. Grass Pink 
(See pugo 28) 
white 
June. 
oandidam. S.mai.l White Ladies' Slipper. 6 to 12 in. A rare species. 
White, purple stripes. June, 
montana. I''ra(irant Ladies' Slipper. 1 to 2 ft. A delicate species from 
the northwest. Flowers purple and white in June. 
HIRSUTUM. Large Yellow Ladies- Slipper. I to 2 ft. 
Bright yellow flowers called slippers, sometimes three to five on 
eacfi stem. 
parvitlorum. Small Yellow Ladies' Slipper. 1 to2 fl. Fra- 
grant yellow flowers iu May and June. 
REGINAE (spectabile). Shovcy Ladies' Slipper. I 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 
I'lioloaraphcd by H. I'. K. 
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