SOUTH WICK, MASS., U. S. A 
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calamus variegatus (Variegated Sweet Flag) — Leaves beautifully striped with 
white. Easily grown in any garden soil. 20 cents each. 
ALISHA P]antago(W ater Plantain) — Flow¬ 
ers small, white or rose. Plant in shallow 
water. 10 cents each. $1 per dozen. 
BRASEMA peltata (Water Shield)—An 
aquatic growing in 1 to G feet of water. 
Leaves entire, floating, 1 to 3 inches broad, 
greenish or purplish. Flowers small, dull 
purple, appearing on the water’s surface. 
10 cents each, $i per dozen. 
CALLA paluslris (A\ r ater Arum or American 
Calla) — A bog plant resembling the cultivated 
calla in both leaf and flower, only smaller. 
6 inches high. Plant near water, or mulch 
with Sphagnum Moss, and keep wet. 10 
cents each, $1 per dozen. 
CALTIIA paluslris (Marsh Marigold) — 6 to 
15 inches high. Flowers bright yellow. A 
calla palustkis. very showy plant. Fine for forcing in pots, 
or a wet place on banks of streams or lakes. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen, 
leptosepala — About 8 inches high. Leaves from the root. Flowers white, 
tinged with purple. 25 cents each. §2 per dozen. 
DARLINGT0NIA Califorilica (California Pitcher Plant) — A fine bog plant, 
found in cool springy places in Cali¬ 
fornia, with peculiar shaped pitchers 
and nodding purple flowers. Mulch 
with Sphagnum Moss through the 
summer, and give a good covering of 
leaves for winter protection. It can 
also be grown in pots. I have a line 
stock, and can supply at any time. 
50 cents each. 
PIOXiEA Iliuscipula (Venus’ Fly 
Trap) — A most wonderful plant. The 
flowers are small, white, and quite 
pretty, but the wonder is centered 
in the liairy-edged, roundish leaves, 
which are so sensitive that they quick¬ 
ly close if touched on the inside. In¬ 
sects are quite 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. 
DR0SERA ffliformis (Thread-leaved Sundew) — A little bog plant with 
long, thread-like leaves, covered with short red-colored hairs. Flowers rose- 
purple, along the upper part of the stem. 4 to 8 inches high. Wet, sandy soils. 
10 cents each, §1 per dozen. 
rotundifolia (Round-leaved Sundew) — Found in wet sandy places near water, and 
in Sphagnum Moss, and in a bog. Leaves roundish, covered with red hairs. 
Flowers white. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen, 
longifolia — Similar to the above, only the leaves are narrower. Bogs. 10 cents 
each, SI per dozen. 
EL0DES Virgintca ('Marsh St. John’s Wort) — A bog plant a foot high 
with leaves clasping the stalk. Flowers flesh colored, in little clusters from 
the axils of the leaves. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
1IEL0NIAS bullata (Stud Flower)—A rare perennial, found in wet places 
southward, with a few large smooth leaves at the base. Flowe** stalk 1 to 2 
DION. E A M use IPU LA . 
20 cents each, §1.75 per dozen. See cut. 
