Edward Gillett , Southwick , Mass. — #o <7 Garden 
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IRIS Pseudacorus (Yellow Iris). Quite large, 
bright yellow flowers on stems 2 feet high. 
15 cts. each. $1.50 per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
JUNCUS effusus (Bog Rush). Stem round, 
dark green, 2 to 4 feet high, bearing near the 
top a cluster of small, inconspicuous flow¬ 
ers. Quite desirable for wet, marshy places, 
where it soon establishes itself, forming good 
clumps. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz. 
LOBELIA cardinalis. See Hardy Perennials. 
MENYANTHES trifoliata (Buck Bean). A 
pretty little bog plant, growing in moss. Has 
large, pure white flowers, covered on the 
upper surface with frost-like beards in early 
spring. Fine for the bog garden. 10 cts. 
each, $1.00 per doz. 
NESiEA verticillata. A pretty little water 
shrub, found along the margins of lakes in 
shallow water or wet ground, with clusters 
of small, rose-purple flowers. Leaves are 
brightly colored in autumn. Forms large 
clumps. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
POGONIA ophioglossoides. See Orchids. 
SABBATIA chloroides. A foot high, with 
very showy rose-purple flowers 2 inches 
broad. It delights in a moist, peaty soil, is 
quite hardy and easy to grow. New plants 
are formed around the old stalks like the cardi¬ 
nal flower, making it a perennial. 20 cts. each, 
$2.00 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, 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, $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 fly-catchers; 
often hundreds of insects 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, beauti¬ 
fully variegated; flowers 3 inches wide. Give 
this some protection through the winter. 20 
cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
S. psittacina (Parrot-beaked Pitcher Plant). 
Quite small and rare. 20 cts. each, $2.00 
per doz. 
Cypripedium parviflorum (see page 
