OF THE BOGS 
Possibly the most interesting of our native plants. They are the meat eaters of the plant world 
and are easily domesticated in the moist, cool, shady or semi-shady position in the garden or 
home woodland. We offer here only those that are most easily grown. 
DION/E MUSCIPULA (The Venus Flytrap): A 
most interesting plant. The leaves are open with 
rows of stiff hair along the edges. These leaves 
will close up if an insect crosses them a second 
time. They will not open again until the body 
of the insect has become completely absorbed. 
The Venus Flytrap should be protected by a 
mulch of leaves during the winter. It flowers in 
midsummer and carries a white blossom on a 
six inch stalk. Extra strong, selected plants, 
$5.25 for 10; $50 per 100. 
SARRACENIA FLAVA (The Trumpet Pitcher- 
plant): Differs from above in the length of the 
pitchers which are green, shaped like a trumpet 
and reach a height of three feet. The blossoms 
are a clear yellow. This is possibly the easiest 
of the pitcherplants to domesticate and is one of 
its most picturesque. Extra strong, selected 
plants, $5.25 for 10; $50 per 100. 
SARRACENIA MINOR (The Hooded Pitcher- 
plant): The end of the leaf is tipped over and 
downward like the beak of a bird of prey, giv¬ 
ing the plant a vicious appearance. Blossoms 
are yellow and grow to a height of 8 inches. 
A very beautiful plant on account of its mottled 
beak formation. Extra strong, selected plants, 
$5.25 for 10; $50 per 100. 
SARRACENIA PURPUREA (The Common Pitch- 
erplant): One of the curiosities of the plant 
world. It is a low spreading plant producing 
pitchers on the terminal part of the foliage. 
These pitchers are partly filled with liquid which 
attracts various insects such as flies and spiders. 
When such insects fall in the pitchers, they are 
dissolved by the action of the fluid and absorbed 
by the plant as food. These pitchers are green 
in the shade, turning reddish in the sun. They 
remain green all winter dying away in spring 
when new pitchers are produced. The blossoms 
are curious, reddish brown and are born singly 
on 10 to 12 inch stems. They flower during June- 
July. Extra strong, selected plants, $1.75 for 10; 
$15 per 100. 
We offer for the convenience of our clients, native woodsoil, which is inoculated with bacteria 
so necessary for the proper culture of the various woodland plants, at $2.50 per bag of 100 pounds. 
All native material offered by us is collected by our director of native plants, Mr. Cyrus Pringle 
Horsford, whose many years of experience in this field is a considerable asset in acquiring plants 
of the highest quality, dug and shipped in such a manner as to afford the greatest measure of 
success. 
"Like Lilac flame its color glows, 
Tender and yet so clearly bright. 
That all for miles and miles about 
The splendid meadow shineth out, 
And far-off village children shout 
To see the welcome sight." 
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