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Edward Gillett, Southwick , Mass.—Bog Garden 
Sarracenia rubra. (Red-flowered Trumpet-Leaf). 
Pitchers red-veined; flowers reddish purple. 20 
cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
SCIRPUS atrovirens. (Marsh Sedge). One to 3 
feet high. Fine for moist or wet places. 10 cts. 
each, $1.00 per doz. 
SYMPLOCARPUS 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. The large green 
leaves appear later and attain a height of 1 to 3 
feet. 15 cts. 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. Flowers grow in a spike. Good for wet, 
marshy places or quite moist soil. For massing, 
plant 2 feet apart. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
VACCINIUM macrocarpum (American Cranberry). 
The common cranberry of commerce, easily grown 
in the bog or any moist situation. Good clumps 15 
cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 
VERATRUM viride (American White Hellebore). Thrifty plants, with large, broad, 
green leaves, nearly a foot long. It grows 2 to 4 feet high, bearing many small, 
yellow, or greenish flowers at the top. At home in a moist or wet, black peaty 
soil. 20 cts. each; seeds, 5 cts. 
Shrubs Desirable for a 'Wet Place 
These 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 polifolia , Cassandra 
calyculata , and Ledum latifolium. 
Andromeda polifolia, 1 ft. 
Azalea viscosa, 4 to 10 ft. 
Cassandra calyculata, 1 ft. 
Cephalanthus occidentalis, 4 ft. 
Gaylussacia resinosa, 2 ft. 
Ilex verticillata, 5 ft. 
Kalmia angustifolia, 1 ft. 
Kalmia glauca, 2 ft. 
Ledum latifolium, 1 ft. 
Nemopanthes Canadensis, 4 ft. 
Pyrus arbutifolius, 5 ft. 
Rhodora Canadensis, 2 ft. 
Vaccinium stramineum, 3 ft. 
Vaccinium corymbosum, 5 to 10 ft. 
A glimpse of a mountain bog at an 
elevation of about 5,000 feet, bor¬ 
dered with balsams and spruces 
Sarracenia rubra 
