TIIE HOG GARDEN 
That wet end of the garden, the boggy meadow, 
even the swamp, need not be hopeless weed- 
wastes. With a bit of planning and planting 
such areas may be made attractive, even delight¬ 
ful. Here I offer a group of plants that either 
prefer, or will easily endure, wet soils. Those 
marked with (*) may also be grown under nor¬ 
mal garden conditions. See also Orchids, page 16. 
Aster Nemorialis*—Bog Aster. Pure lavender 
flowers, solitary on whorled stem clusters. 
Fine. Pkt. 25c. 
Azalea Viscosa—Swamp Azalea. Pure white. 
Fine. Pkt. 25c; special pkg. 60c. 
Calla Palustris—The True Calla, a hardy pond- 
edge plant of the north, with small cream- 
white spathe or “flower”, and yellow spadix, 
followed by red berries. Pkt. 25c. 
Darlingtonia Californica—Hardy Pitcher-plants, 
carnivorous in habit, feeding on flies. Rather 
showy and very odd. Pkt. 25c. 
Drosera Filiformis—Sundew. The leaves are 
short sticky threads carried on stems that 
unroll, fern fashion. Pretty rose-colored flow¬ 
ers. Carnivorous. Rare. Pkt. 25c. 
Eriocaulon Decangulare—Oddest of plants, with 
their powdery white buttons of flower heads, 
swaying on long wiry stems above the bogs, 
through all the summer and fall. Pkt. 15c. 
Eriophorum Virginicum—Cotton Sedge. Large 
tufts of tawny cotton on three foot slender 
stems. Showy, and may be cut. Pkt. 15c; 
special pkg. 35c. 
Gentiana Linearis—A very good late summer 
marsh Gentian, with clustered pale blue flow¬ 
ers. Pkt. 20c; special pkg. 50c. 
Gyrotheca Tinctoria—“Iris” leaves from which 
rise flower stems covered with a silvery rus¬ 
set down, the flowers small and also russet. 
Pkt. 20c. 
Helonias Bullata*—Swamp Pink. Sturdy spikes 
of beautiful rose-pink flowers in earliest 
spring. Very rare and very fine. Will grow 
on dry soil also. Pkt. 25c; special pkg. 60c; 
Vs oz. $1.00; 1 oz. $6.00. 
Hypericum Densiflorum*—A shrubby St. John’s 
Wort gTowing on swamp margins, with small 
golden yellow stamen-tasseled flowers so 
closely packed as to hide the leaves. Pkt. 
20c; special pkg. 50c. 
Lobelia Cardinalis*—Five foot spikes of brilliant 
cardinal-red flowers. Nothing could be more 
showy. Pkt. 15c; special pkg. 35c. 
Mimulus Roseus*—Big open-faced flowers of 
showy rose pink. Two feet. Pkt. 15c. 
Nuphar Advena—'Yellow Pond Lily. Floating or 
submerged heart-shaped leaves and cup shaped 
yellow or purple tinged flowers standing well 
above the surface. Pkt. 20c; special pkg. 50c. 
Nymphea Tetragona Alba (b)—A hardy water 
lily. The flowers are smaller than those of 
other pond lilies, about 2 inches across, but 
it is the freest bloomer of all. Snowy white 
blossoms with big bunches of golden stamens. 
Pkt. 25c; special pkg. 65c; 14 oz. $1.50. 
Nymphea Alba (b)—Great Swedish Water Lily. 
An entirely hardy and easily grown white 
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