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EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASS., U. S. A. 
HELONIAS bullata (Stud Flower). A rare perennial, found in wet places southward, 
with a few large smooth leaves at the base. Flower stalks i to 2 feet, with a raceme 
of beautiful pink or purple flowers Plant in a wet place or bog. 25 cts. 
IRIS pseudacorus (Yellow Iris). Quite large, bright yellow flowers on stems 2 feet 
high. 20 cts. 
JUNCUS effusus (Bog Rush). Stem round, dark green, 2 to 4 feet high, bearing near 
the top a cluster of small, inconspicuous flowers. 10 cts. 
UMNANTHEMUM lacunosum (Floating Heart). A pretty little aquatic, with small 
blotched leaves and pure white flowers. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
MENYANTHES trifoliata (Buck-Bean). A pretty little bog plant found growing in 
moss. Has large, pure white flowers, covered on the upper surface with frost-like 
beards. Fine for the bog garden. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
NASTURTIUM officinale (Hardy English Water Cress). A well-known hardy perennial 
aquatic, easily grown in any stream. Flowers white. 8 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
NES/EA verticil lata. A pretty little water shrub, found along the margin of lakes in 
shallow water or wet ground, with clusters of small rose-purple flowers. Forms 
large clumps. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
NUPHAR advena (Common Yellow Lily). Has large leaves and single yellow flowers. 
25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
NYMPH/EA (Water Lily)— 
N. odorata (Sweet-Scented Water Lily). This plant is too generally known to need 
description. Its large fragrant white flowers are well worth the trouble required 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, the roots planted 
in this and the tub filled with water. 25 cts. each, $1 50 per doz. 
PELTANDRA Virginica (Water Arum). Leaves on long petioles, something like a calla 
in outline, with greenish flowers, growing a foot or more out of the water. 15 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
PONTEDERIA cordata (Pickerel Weed). Flowers blue. 20 cts. each; by express, 
$1 50 per doz. 
SARRACENIA purpurea jPitcher 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. The Sarracenias 
are all fine bog plants. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
S. flava (Trumpet Leaf). Flowers and leaves yellow, the former 4 to 5 inches wide, 
leaves 2 feet long. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. Drummondii. Leaves 2 feet long, beautifully variegated ; flowers 3 inches wide. 
20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
S. Psittacina (Parrot-Beaked Pitcher Plant). Quite small and rare. 20 cts. each, 
$2 per doz. 
S. rubra (Red-Flowered Trumpet Leaf). Pitchers red-veined; flowers reddish 
purple. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
S. variolaris. A smaller species from Georgia, with taller and more slender leaves. 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
SCIRPUS atrovirens (Marsh Sedge). 1 to 3 feet high. Fine for moist or wet places. 
15 cts. each, Si per doz. 
SYMPLOCARPUS fcetidus. 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. 20 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. 15 cts. each, Si. 50 per doz. 
VERATRUM viride (White Hellebore). Broad-ribbed, dark green foliage and large 
heads of greenish white flowers. A good plant for the bog. 4 feet. 25 cts. 
Shrubs Desirable 
Andromeda polifolia, 1 ft. 
Azalea viscosa, 4-10 ft. 
Cassandra calyculata, 1 ft. 
Cephalanthus occidentalis, 4 ft. 
Gaylussacia resinosa, 2 ft. 
Ilex verticillata, 5 ft. 
Kalmia anguslifolia, 1 ft. 
for a Wet Place. 
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, 5-10 ft. 
