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EDWARD GIL LETT’S CATALOGUE 
pedata (Bird’s Foot Violet) — Leaves all divided. Large, handsome, pale or deep 
purple or blue flowers in summer. Delights in a dry sandy soil in open sun. 
10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
pedata var. bicolor — A beautiful variety of the above, with two leaves of the 
flower violet colored. Does nicely in a sandy loam soil in a partial shade. 15 
cents each, §1.25 per dozen. 
yucca filamkntosa. 
in the above. Quite pretty. 
VINCA minor (Common Periwinkle) — A 
most beautiful evergreen trailing plant, with 
blue flowers. Also known by the name of Blue 
Myrtle. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen, §4 per 
hundred. 
minor alba—A very line variety with pure white 
flowers. As easily grown as the Common Peri¬ 
winkle. 15 cents each, §1.25 per dozen. 
minor argentea varigata—A pretty variety with 
variegated leaves. 15 cents each, §1.50 per 
dozen. 
Yl'CCA fllameiltosa (Adam’s Needle)—The 
dark green leaves, 1 to 2 feet long, clustered at 
the base, about an inch wide in the center, 
running to a sharp point, the edges splitting 
off into little hairs 1 to 4 inches long. The 
flowers are large, creamy white, borne along 
the stalk, near the top, 3 to 6 feet high. Very 
ornamental on the lawn. It is an evergreen, 
and looks well through the winter. Fine 
plants. 35 cents each, §1.50 per dozen. Too 
heavy for the mail. 
angustifolia — Leaves shorter and narrower than 
25 cents each. 
BOG AND AQUATIC PLANTS. 
Bogs and Lakes are very essential elements in landscape work. The wet, springy 
bank and muddy pool below can be made the choicest spots under the magic touch 
of the progressive gardener of to-day. These unsightly places are made to produce 
great wealth of both flowers and foliage, the muddy pool is transformed into the 
clear lake for aquatics, and the springy bank is set to Sarracenias, Dionseas, etc., 
etc., and made into a botanist’s paradise, for here these Bog plants are at home. 
AC01U 8 CttlaillllS (Sweet 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. 
calamus variegatus (Variegated Sweet Flag) 
— Leaves beautifully striped with white. 
Easily grown in any garden soil. 20 cents 
each. 
ALISMA Plaillairo (Water Plantain) — Flow- 
ers small, white or rose. Plant in shallow 
water. 10 cents each. 
BRASENIA pelt at i\ (Water Shield)—An 
aquatic growing in 1 to fl 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, $1 per dozen. 
CALLA PALUSTKIS. 
