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Edward Gillelt, Southwick, Mass .—Bog Garden 
Veronica longifolia subsossilis (see page 48) 
NESi^^A verticillata. A pretty little 
water shrub, found along the 
margins of lakes in shallow 
water or wet ground, with clus¬ 
ters of small, rose-pur])le flowers. 
Leaves are brightly colored in 
autumn. Forms large clumps. 
25 cts. each, S2 per doz. 
POGONIA ophioglossoides. See Or¬ 
chids. 
SABBATIA chloroides. A foot high, 
with v'cry showy rose-purple 
dowers 2 inches broad. It de¬ 
lights in a moist, peaty soil, is 
quite hardy and easy to grow. 
Xew plants are formed around 
the old stalks like the cardinal 
flower, making it a ])erennial. 
25 cts. each, S2 per doz. 
SARRACENIA purpurea (Pitcher 
Plant). This plant usually sends 
up a single llower-stalk G to 18 
inches high, bearing a single, 
deep ])ur]de flower an inch or 
more broad. Leaves ])itcher- 
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 
]dants. 15 cts. each, 81.25 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 in¬ 
sects arc found in a single 
pitcher. This is an easy one to 
grow in the bog. 20 cts. each, 
81.50 per doz. 
colony of CypniUMliuin spcctabilo in our hog (see page 58) 
