BOG AND AQUATIC PLANTS. 
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A Pond of White Water Lilies. (See page 5G.) 
Z5he "Bog and Water Garden 
Xymphrons and most other aquatics should be planted in a good, rich soil, if the best results arc looked 
for. A mixture of heavy, dark soil aud well-composted cow manure is good. The plants should be well 
embedded in the soil under the water. For Sarracenias, a mixture of peat and leaf-mold in any wet, sandy 
soil will answer. The location should not be too cold. If the moisture is furnished by cold springs, tho 
plants should not be set very near them. Most aquatics need still water. They do not like a current or 
the disturbance of strong waves. 
Water Lilies and other aquatics are often grown in tubs sunk in the ground. Ponds or pools are, of 
course, much better, where they are to be had, and with wet or boggy places bordering them, bog plants 
can be grown. When these wet margins have only a clay or sandy soil, better results can ho obtained by 
adding 0 inches of peat as a top-dressing, which makes a pretty fair depth for bog plants. But before this 
is done, all grass and sedge roots should bo eradicated. Many bog plants do not require peat, but will 
grow in any wet, sandy or other soil which is always moist; others require not only peat, hut need some 
shelter from the winds, such as low trees or small shrubs afford. Most of the species heroin mentioned do 
not need this protection from winds; yet a few such bog shrubs would be quite in place if planted among 
and around them. t , _ 
Such water-loving species as Azalea riscosa , Jfosa Carolina , Ilex verticillata, Loniccra oblongi folia, 
Ledum latifolium, Mi/rica gale, Andromeda polifolia, Purus arbutifolia and lfhodora Canadensis , though 
they do well planted in moist garden soil, are found growing naturally in bogs and swamps. For the mar¬ 
gins of bogs there are few more attractive shrubs than Comas stolonifera or C. sericea. Among the vines 
that may be used for moist grounds along brooks, etc., are Clematis Virginiana and Ampelopsis quinquc- 
Iolia . Vitis riparia is also common along the banks of streams, and climbs over bushes and trees, mak¬ 
ing a good companion for the Virgin’s Bower, Bittersweet, Moonseed and Woodbine. 
BOG AND AQUATIC PLANTS 
ACORUS Calamus. Sweet Flag. A bog plant or 
sub-aquatic, but will live in moist garden soil 
The long, light green leaves are quite pretty, 
especially as seen growing naturally. Height 
2 to 4 feet. N., 10 cts. each, 80 cts. per doz.; 
P., 11 cts. each, 95 per doz. 
A. gramineus, var. variegatus. Does well in either 
moist or dry soil. A line variegated plant 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; P., 15 cts 
$1.35 per doz. 
ALISMA Plantago. Water Plantain. 
each; P., 17 cts. each. 
CALLA palustris, Water Calla. This little native 
somewhat resembles the cultivated Calls, both 
in leaf and flower. It is a bog plant, and likes a 
peaty soil and moisture, nnd will thrive in sun 
or shade in the right soil. X., 15 cts. each; 1\, 
17 cts. each. 
CALTHA biflora. N., 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
C Ieptosepala. X., 15 cts. each. 
C. palustris. Marsh Marigold. Every one who 
has seen this plant in its profusion of golden 
bloom in early spring will remember it. It is 
the most lavish of itH color of any of our wild 
A’., preceding the prices , indicates not prepaid; p. indicates prepaid. 
