48 BOG-PLANTS 
Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 
Prices, 25 cts. each, $1.50 for 10, $12 per 100, unless otherwise noted 
SCIRPUS 
atrovirens (Marsh Sedge). Native. Fine 
for moist or wet places. 1 to 3 feet high. 
15 cts. each, SI for 10, S8 per 100. 
SYMPLOCARPUS 
foetidus. Native. 4'his is one of the earli¬ 
est of the spring flowers. The covering 
for the yellow flowers is dull purple, 
showing above ground before the frost 
is gone. The large green leaves appear 
later and attain a height of 1 to 3 feet. 
TYPHA 
latifolia (Cat-tail). Native. A plant found 
in wet places, growing 2 to 4 feet high. 
Leaves long, grass-like; flowers grow in 
a spike. For massing, plant 2 feet apart. 
VACCINIUM 
macrocarpon (American Cranberry). Na¬ 
tive. rhe common Cranberry of com¬ 
merce, easily grown in the bog or any 
moist situation. Good clumps, 15 cts. 
each, SI for 10, S8 jjer 100. 
VERATRUM 
viride (American White Hellebore). Na¬ 
tive. Thrifty plants, large, broad, green 
leaves, nearly a foot long. Grows 2 to 
4 feet high, bearing many small, yellow, 
or greenish flowers at top. At home in 
a moist or wet, black peaty soil. 
Sarraccnia Drummondii 
POGONIA 
ophioglossoides. See Orchids. 
SARRACENIA 
purpurea (Pitcher Plant). Native. This 
plant usually sends up one flower-stalk 
6 to 18 inches high, bearing a single, deep 
purple flower an inch or more in diameter. 
Leaves pitcher shaped, curved, as¬ 
cending, 2 to 6 inches in length, greenish, 
with purple veins, or reddish purple. 
Plant in a wet place. 
flava (Trumpet-Leaf). Native. Flowers 
and leaves yellow, the former 4 to 5 
inches wide, leaves 2 feet long. Often 
hundreds of insects are found in a single 
pitcher; easy to grow in the bog. 
Drummondii. Native. Leaves 2 feet long, 
beautifully variegated; flowers 3 inches 
in diameter. Protect in winter. 
psittacina (Parrot-beaker I^itchcr Plant). 
Native. Quite small and rare. 
rubra (Red-flowered Trumpet-Leaf). Na¬ 
tive. Pitchers red-veined; flowers red¬ 
dish purple. 
Sclrpus atrovirens 
