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Edward Gillette Southwick , Alass.—Bog Garden 
(N.) SCIRPUS atrovirens. (Marsh Sedge). One to 3 feet high. Fine for moist or wet 
places. 10 cts. each, SI.00 per doz., $5.00 per 100. 
(X.j SYMPLOCARPUS feetidus. This is one of the earliest 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. 15 cts. each, SI.50 
per doz. 
(X.) TYPHA latifolia (Cat-tail). A plant found in wet places, growing 2 to 4 feet 
high. Leaves long, grass-like. Flowers grow in a spike. Good for wet, marshy places or 
quite moist soil. For massing, plant 2 feet apart. 15 cts. each, SI.50 per doz., S7.50 per 100. 
(N.) SARRACENIA purpurea (Pitch¬ 
er Plant). This plant usually sends up 
a single flower-stalk 6 to 18 inches high, 
bearing a single, deep purple flower an 
inch or more broad. Leaves pitcher¬ 
shaped, curved, ascending, 2 to 6 inches 
in length, greenish, with purple veins, 
or reddish purple. Plant in a wet place, 
keeping moss around the plant. The 
Sarracenias are all fine bog plants. 15 
cts. each, SI.50 per doz. 
(N.) S. flava (Trumpet-Leaf). Flow¬ 
ers and leaves yellow, the former 4 to 5 
inches wide, leaves 2 feet long. This is 
one of the best fly-catchers; often hun¬ 
dreds of insects are found in a single 
pitcher. This is an easy one to grow in 
the bog. 20 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
(N.) S. Drummondii. Leaves 2 feet 
long, beautifully variegated; flowers 3 
inches wide. Give this some protection 
through the winter. 20 cts. each, $2.00 
per doz. 
(N.) S. psittacina (Parrot-beaked 
Pitcher Plant). Quite small and rare. 
20 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
(N.) S. rubra. (Red-flowered Trump¬ 
et-Leaf). Pitchers red-veined; flowers 
reddish purple. 20 cts. each, $2.00 per 
doz. 
(N.) VACCINIUM macrocarpum (American Cranberry). The common cranberry of 
commerce easily grown in the bog or any moist situation. Good clumps 15 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz., $6.00 per 100. 
(N.) VERATRUM viride (American White Hellebore). Thrifty plants, with large, 
broad, green leaves, nearly a foot long. It grows 2 to 4 feet high, bearing many small, yellow, 
or greenish flowers at the top. At home in a moist or wet, black peaty soil. 20 cts. each. 
Hclonias bullata (see page 54) 
Shrubs Desirable for a 'Wet Place 
These can be planted where it is quite wet, or they will grow in any moist garden soil. 
Most of them are desirable for growing in masses. The following are usually found growing 
this way. 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants. 
