EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
BOG AND AQUATIC PLANTS 
PELTANDRA Virginica (W ater Arum). Leaves on long petioles, something like a 
calla in outline, with greenish flowers, growing a foot or more out of the water. 
Plant in water a foot deep in mud. 
r5 cts. each, #1.25 per do/. 
PONTEDERIA cordata ( Pickerel Weed). 
Flowers blue ; grows in water about a 
foot deep ; quite often in sand, in ponds 
or slow streams. Flowers small but 
numerous, raised 8 to 12 inches above 
the water. Common throughout New 
England. For massing, plant 18 inches 
apart. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. ; by 
express, #1.50 per doz. 
SARRACENIA purpurea (Pitcher 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, 
sarracknia purpurea. curved,ascending, 2 to 6inches 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, #1.25 per doz. 
S. flava (Trumpet Leaf). Flowers and leaves yellow, the former 4 to 5 inches wide, 
leaves 2 feet long. This is one of the best flycatchers ; often hundreds of in¬ 
sects are found in a single pitcher. This is an easy one to grow in the bog. 15 
cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. Drummondii. Leaves 2 feet long, beautifully variegated 
Ciive this some protection through the winter. 20 cts. each 
S. psittacina (Parrot-beaked Pitcher Plant). Quite small 
and rare. 20 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
S. rubra (Red-flowered Trumpet-Leaf). Pitchers red-veined ; 
flowers reddish purple. 15 cts. each, $2 per doz. OU 
S. variolaris. A smaller species from Georgia, with taller and 
more slender leaves. 15 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
SCIRPUS atrovirens (Marsh Sedge). One to 3 feet high. 
Fine for moist or wet places. 15 cts each, $1 per doz. 
S YMPLOCARPUS foetidus. 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, 'i'he large green leav es appear later. 20c. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
TYPHA latifolia (Cat-tail). A plant found in wet places, 
growing 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves long, grass-like. Flow¬ 
ers grow in a spike. Good for wet, marshy places or quite 
moist soil. For massing, plant 2 feet apart. 20c. each, 
$ 1.50 per doz. 
flowers 3 inches wide. 
#2.50 per doz. 
TYPHA LATIFOLIA. 
Shrubs Desirable for a Wet Place 
1 hese 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 : Andromeda po/ifolia , Cassandra calvculata and Ledum 
latifo/ium. 
Andromeda polifolia, 1 ft. 
Azalea viscosa, 4 to 10 ft 
Cassandra calyculata, 1 ft. 
Cephalanthus occidentalis, \ ft. 
Gaylussaciaresinosa, 2 ft. 
Ilex vertieillata, 5 ft. 
Kalmia angustifolia, 1 ft 
Kalinia glauca, 2 ft. 
Ledum latiiolium, 1 ft. 
Nemopanthes Canadensis, 4 ft. 
Pyrus arbutifolius, 5 ft. 
Rhodora Canadensis. 2 ft. 
Vaccinium stramineum, 3 ft. 
Vaccinium corymbosum, ^ to 10 ft. 
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