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flowers. Broad patches of solid bloom are scat¬ 
tered along the meadow brooks wherever it has 
established itself. For low ground, where there 
is plenty of moisture, it is one of the best. It 
forces well in pots. $3 per 100. N., 10 cts. 
each, 00c. per doz.; P., 12c. each, 80c. per doz. 
C. palustris, var. monslrosa. N., 15c. each; P., 17c. 
DI0NAEA muscipula. Venus’ Fly-trap. An inter¬ 
esting little carnivorous plant from the wet, 
sandy regions of North Carolina, not very hardy, 
but an interesting plant for pot culture indoors. 
Flowers white. N., 15 cts. each; P., 16 cts. ea. 
DR0SERA filiformis. Sundew. N., 15 cts. each. 
HEI.0NIAS bullata. Swamp Pink. When not used 
as a bog plant, this rare and local species needs 
moist sand, or a soil that will always contain 
moisture. Its height is 1 to 2 feet, bearing a 
short, dense raceme of rose-purple flowers. N., 
20 cts. each ; P., 23 cts. each. 
IRIS Pseudacorus. Yellow Iris, Water Flag. 
Flowers large, almost scentless, bright yellow 
and orange-yellow. Stems stout, 2 to 3 feet 
high. Europe and western Asia. A fine bog 
plant. N., 15 cts. each: P., 20 cts. each. 
NUP1IAR advcna. Yellow Pond Lily. Flowers 
yellow. Leaves large, with a deep sinus. N., 
20 cts. each; P., 30 cts. each. 
N. minimum ( Npmphaia Kalmianum). Smallest 
yellow Water Lily; flowers less than an inch 
wide, yellow. N., 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
NUPHAR sagittaeiolium (Nymphaa sagittifolia). N., 
25 cts.; P., 30 cts. 
NYMPHAEA odorata. American Water Lily. Flowers 
white, often tinged with red; sweet-scented. A 
beautiful hardy species; one of the best for our 
cool northern waters. N , 25 cts. each; P., 30c. 
N. tuberosa. Leaves reniform, orbicular, S to 15 
inches wide; flowers white, 4 to 7 inches wide, 
faintly but deliciously sweet-scented. Root- 
stalks creeping, bearing oblong tubers. N., 
20 cts. each; P., 25 cts. each. 
PELTANDRA Virginica. Water Arum. A good bog 
plant, with long-petioled, calla-like leaves and 
greenish flowers. N., 20 cts. each; P., 25 cts. 
P0NTEDERIA cordata. Pickerel Weed. An inter¬ 
esting aquatic. Grows in shallow water. Has 
long-petioled, heart-shaped leaves/ and a dense 
spike of violet-blue, ephemeral flowers. N., 
25 cts. each; P., 30 cts. each. 
SARRACENIA purpurea. Pitcher Plant, Sidesad¬ 
dle Flower. This handsome native of our 
northern bogs is one of the handsomest and 
probably the hardiest of Sarracenias. The 
leaves or pitchers are. when exposed to sunlight, 
of a handsome reddish purple, with light green 
spots, 2 to G inches long, clustered at the base. 
From among them comes the naked flower-stalk, 
G to 18 inches high, bearing a single nodding, 
deep purple flower \ Y> to 2 inches wide. One of 
the best of bog plants; also fine for pot culture. 
N., 12 cts. each, $1 per doz.; P., 15 cts. each, 
$1.20 per doz. 
^ S. Drummondii. Fine plants for pot culture. N., 
25 cts. each; P., 28 cts. each. 
S. flava. Trumpet Leaf. Flowers yellow—often 
4 to 5 inches wide. Leaves 10 to 30 inches long, 
yellow and purple. Plant in wet sand or peat. 
N., 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; B., 18 cts. each, 
$1.80 per doz. 
S. rubra. Leaves short, clustered at the base. 
Wet sand or peat. N., 15 cts. each, $1.50 per 
doz.; P., 10 cts. each, $1.57 per doz. 
S. variolaris. Leaves taller and more slender than 
those of S. rubra. N., 25 cts. each; P., 28 cts. 
SYMPL0CARPUS foetidus. Skunk Garbage. This 
plant is useful on account of its large green fo¬ 
liage, and because it grows in wet, boggy soil. 
The flower is not very showy and the plant ex¬ 
udes a disagreeable odor similar to that of the 
skunk. However, it is a fine bog plant. N., 
20 cts. each; P., 28 cts. each. 
Besides the various Bog Plnnls of this section are others previously described in this catalogue which 
might, be added to Bog Plants, because they not only grow well in good garden soil, but also do nicely in 
many wot situations; in fact, some are found naturally in bogs. I mention the following, for description 
of which please seo foregoing sections: Asclepias incarnatu, Gentiana linearis, Hibiscus Moscheutos, 
It. milifaris, JAlium superbum, L. pardatinum, Lobelia cardinalis, Lp thrum Salicaria, Mposotis palus- 
tris, Pentstemon Uvvipatus, Parnassia Caroliniana , P. asarifolia, Iiudbeckia laciniata , Smilacina stellata , 
Thaliotrum coryncllum, Liparis Lcesetlii, Oppripedium speclabilc, C. pubcscens, C. parviflorum, Aspidium 
cristatum and vars. Glintoniannm , Hoottii and Thelppteris, Onoclea sensibilis , Osmunda cinnamomea , 
O, regalia, Woodwardia angustifolia, )V. Virginica. 
(CTrOther 9peclos will bo offered In my Autumn Supplement, sent out about September I. 
N. preceding the prices, indicates not prepaid; P. indicates prepaid. 
