SOUTHWICK, MASS., U. S. A. 
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‘CALLA palustris (Water Arum or American Calla)—A bog plant resem- 
bling the cultivated calla in both leaf and flower, only smaller. 6 inches high, 
riant near water, or mulch with Sphagnum moss, and keep wet. 10 cents each, 
81 per dozen. 
•CALTHA palustris ( Marsh Marigold) — (> to 15 inches high. Flowers 
bright yellow. A very showy plant. Fine for forcing in pots. 
DIOX. K A MUSCIPULA. 
DI0NAL4 muscipilla (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 quickly 
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. 15 
cents each, SI.25 per dozen. See cut. 
DHOSERA llliforinis (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. 
rotundifolia (Hound-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, SI per dozen, 
longifolia — Similar to the above, only the leaves are narrower. Bogs. 10 cents 
each, SI per dozen. 
ELODBS Virginica (Marsh St. Johns 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, SI per dozen. 
HELONIAS bullnta (Stud Flower)—A rare perennial, found in wet places 
southward, with a few large smooth leaves at the base. Flower stalk 1 to 2 
feet with a raceme of beautiful pink or purple flowers. Plant in a wet place or 
bog. 25 cents each. 
JUNCUS effllSUS (Bog Rush)—Stem round, dark green, 2 to 4 feet high, 
bearing near the top a cluster of small, inconspicuous flowers. Desirable for 
wet places or shallow water, also the bog. 8 cents each. 
LIMNANTHEMUN lacilliosuni (Floating Heart)— A pretty little aquatic, 
with small blotched leaves and pure white flowers. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen. 
MENYANTHES trifoliata (Buck-bean)—A pretty little bog plant found 
growing in moss, with large, pure white flowers, covered on the upper surface 
with frost-like beards. Fine for the bog garden. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
NASTURTIUM officinale (Hardy E nglish Water Cress)—A well-known 
hardy perennial aquatic, easily grown in any stream. Flowers white. 8 cents 
each, 75 cents per dozen. 
NESAEA vertlctllata —A pretty 7 little water shrub, found along the margin 
of lakes in shallow water or wet ground, with clusters of small rose purple 
flowers, forming large clumps. 25 cents each, SI 50 per dozen. 
NUPHAll advena (Common Yellow Lily)—With large leaves and single 
yellow flowers. 20 cents each, $2 per dozen. 
NYMPH/E A (Water Lily). 
odorata (Sweet-Scented Water Lily)—This plant is too generally known to need 
description. Its large fragrant white flowers are well worth the trouble re¬ 
quired in growing them. Where no pond or slow-flowing stream is near at 
hand, the plant may be grown in a large tub partly filled with rich mud or clay, 
