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Edward Gillett, SouthwicK, Ma ssachusetts 
BOG AND AQUATIC PLANTS 
Bog and Aquatic Plants 
Hogs and lakes are very essential elements in landscape work. The wet, sj)ring\’ 
banks and muddy pool below can be made the choicest spots under the magic touch of the 
progressive gardener of today. I'hese unsightly places are made to produce a great wealth 
of both Howers and foliage ; the muddy pool is transformed into the lake for acjuatics, 
and the springy liank is set to Sarracenias, Diona^as. etc., and made into a botanist's 
paradise, for here these bog plants are at home. 
ACORUS Calamus (Sweet Flag). Grows in low, wet places. Leaves light green, i to 
3 feet long. The rootstock has an aromatic flavor, well known to people of New 
England. Desirable for sliallow lakes or wet places, to cts. 
A. Calamus variegatus ( V'ariegated Sweet Flag). Leaves beautifully striped with white. 
Easily grown in any garden soil. 20 cts. 
ALISMA plantago (Water Plantain). Flowers small, white or rose. Plant in shallow 
water, ro cts. 
BRASENIA peltata (Water Shield). An a(juatic growing in i to 6 feet of water. Leaves 
entire, floating, r to 3 indies broad, greenish or purplisli. Flowers small, dull purple, 
appearing on the water’s surface. 10 cts. each, per doz. 
CALLA palustris (Water Arum, or American Calla). A bog plant, resembling tlie 
cultivated Calla in both leaf and flower, only smaller. Six indies high. Plant near 
water or mulch witli spliagnum moss and keep wet. 10 cts. each, per doz. 
CALTHA palustris (Vlarsh Marigold). Six to 15 indies high. Flowers bright yellow. 
A very showy plant. Fine for forcing in pots. 10 cts. each, per doz. 
DION^A muscipula (Venus' Fly Frap). A most wonderful plant, Fhe flowers are 
small, white and (juite pretty, but the wonder is centered in the hairv-edged, roundish 
leaves, which are so sensitive tliat they quickly close if touched on the inside. Insects 
are (piite often caught and closely held until they die, when the leaf-trap again opens 
and is ready for more game. It is easily grown in wet or very damp sand, either in 
pots or in the open ground, in damp moss or bog. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
DROSERA filiformis ( Thread-leaved Sundew). A little bog plant with long, thread¬ 
like leaves, covered with siiort red-colored hairs. Flowers rose-purple, along the 
upper part of the stem. 4 to 8 inches high. Wet. samiy soils. loc. each, per doz. 
D. rotundifolia ( Round - Leaved Sundew), Found in wet, sandv places near water and 
in sphagnum moss and in a bog. Leaves roundish, covered with red hairs. Flowers 
white. 10 cts. each. Si per do/. 
D. longifolia. Similar to the above, only tlie leaves are narrower. Hog. 10 cts. each. 
Si per doz. 
HELONIAS bullata (Stud Flower). A rare perennial, found in wet places southward, 
with a few large smooth leaves at the base. Flower-stalks 1 to 2 feet, witli a raceme 
of beautiful pink or purple flowers. Plant in a wet place or liog. 25 cts. 
IRIS pseudacorus (Yellow Iris). Quite large, bright yellow flowers on stems 2 feel high. 20c. 
