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produce great n\ ealth of botli flowers and foliage, the muddy pool is transformed 
into the clear lake for aquatics, and the springy bank is set to Sarracenias, Diomeas, 
etc., etc., and made into a botanist’s paradise, for here these Bog plants are at home. 
ACORUS Calamus (S weet Flag) — Grows in low wet places. Leaves light 
green, 1 to 3 feet long. The root stalk has an aromatic flavor, well known to 
people of New England. Desirable for shallow lakes or wet places. 10 cents 
each, $1 per dozen. 
calamus variegatus (Variegated Sweet Flag) — Leaves beautifully striped with 
white. Easily grown in any garden soil. 20 cents each. 
ALISMA Plantago (Water Plantain)—Flow¬ 
ers small, white or rose. Plant in shallow 
water. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
BRASENIA peltata (Water Shield) 
aquatic growing in 1 to 6 feet of 
Leaves entire, floating, 1 to 3 inches 
— An 
water, 
broad, 
greenish or purplish. Flowers small, dull 
purple, appearing on the water’s surface. 
10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
CALLA palustris (W 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 pallistl’is (Marsh Marigold)—6 to 
15 inches high. Flowers bright yellow. A 
calla palustris. very showy plant. Fine for forcing in pots. 
DIOKM muscipula (Venus’ Fly 
Trap) — A most wonderful plant. The 
flowers are small, white, and quite 
pretty, but the wonder is centered 
in the hairy-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. 20 
cents each, §1.75 per dozen. See cut. 
DR0SERA fllifonnis (Thread-leaved 
Sundew) — A little bog plant with long, 
thread-like leaves, covered with short 
red-colored hairs. Flowers rose-pur¬ 
ple, along the upper part of the stem. 
4 to 8 inches high. Wet, sandy soils. 
10 cents each, §1 per dozen. dion/Ea muscipula. 
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, $1 per dozen. 
EL0DES Virgillica (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. 
HELONIAS bill lata (Stud Flower)—A rare perennial, found in wet places 
southward, with a few large smooth leaves at the base. Flower stalk 1 to 2 
