HARDY ORNAMENTALS, HERBACEOUS PLANTS, ETC 
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NYMPH/EA odorata* (Sweet-scented Water-Lily). Flowers white, often tinged with red; sweet- 
sceuted. A beautiful hardy species; one of the 
best for our cool northern waters. 20 cts. each, 2 
for 35 cts. c. 
N. odorata minor.* A smaller form. 15 cts. each, 
2 for 25 cts. e. 
N. reniformis.* (Tuber-bearing ) Leaves reni- 
form, orbicular, S to 15 inches wide. Flowers white, 
4 to 7 inches wide, faintly but deliciously sweet- 
sceuted. Root-sta ks creeping, bearing oblong 
tubers. 20 cts. each, 2 for 35 cts. c. 
PELTANDRA Virginica (Water Arum). A good bog- 
plant, with long, petioled, calla-like leaves and 
greenish flowers. 15 cts. each. c. 
PONTEDERIA cordata* (Pickerel Weed). An inter¬ 
esting aquatic. Grows in shallow water. Has long, 
petioled, heart shaped leaves and a dense spike of 
viulet-blue, ephemeral flowers. 25 cts. each, 2 for 
40 cts. C, 
RANUNCULUS Lingua (Greater Spear wort). Flowers handsome, yellow, 2 inches wide. Lea* es 
9 inches long by nearly an inch wide. A native of Europe, in marshes and ditches. 15 cts each, 
2 for 25 cts. 
SARRACENIA purpurea (Pitcher Plant). This handsome native of our northern bogs is one of the 
handsomest, and probably the ha-diest, of Sarracenias. The leaves or pitchers are, when exposed 
to sunlight, of a handsome reddish purple, with light green spots; 2 to 6 inches long, clustered 
at the base. From among them comes the naked (lower-stalk. 6 to 18 inches high, bearirga single 
nodding, deep purple flower 1^ to 2 inches wide. One of the best of bog-plants ; also, line for 
pot-cult are. 12 cts. each, Si per dozen, c. 
S. flava (Trumpet-Leaf). Flowers yellow’, often 4 or 5 inches wide. Leaves 10 to 30 inches long, 
yellow and purple. Plant in wet sand or peat. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. v. 
S. rubra. Leaves short, clustered at the base. Wet sand or peat. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 els b. 
S. variolaris. Leaves taller and more slench r than those of rubra. 15 cts. each. 2 for 25 cts. r. 
S. Drummondii. The variety with beautifully variegated leaves. Fine plants for pot-culliue. 
20 cts. each, 2 for 30 cts. d. 
S VKRACENIA PURPl : REA. 
SAURURUS cernuus (Lizard’s-Tail, or American Swamp-Lily). Flowers while, in a dense spike 4 
to 6 inches long, nodding at the end. Stem r to 2 feet high. This plant is more suited to the 
sand bog than to peat. It grows along the wet marginsof poudsand streams. 15c ea., 2 for 25c. c. 
SYMPLOCARPUS feetidus (Meadow-Cabbage, or Skunk-Cabbage). This plant is useful on accoun 
of its large, green foli; ge, and because it grows in wet, boggy soil The flower is not ven showy, 
and the plant exudes a disagreeable odor simi'ar to that of the skunk. However, it is a line 
bog-plant, perfectly hardy, and easy of culture in a peaty soil. 20 cts. each, 2 for 35 cts. <\ 
