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Edward Gillett, Soidhwick, Alass.—Bog Garden 
flowers, covered on the upper 
surface with frost-like beards 
in early spring. Fine for the 
bog garden. 10 cts. each, 
SI.00 per doz. 
422 NES.^A verticillata. A pretty 
little water shrub, found along 
the margins of lakes in shallow 
water or wet ground, with 
clusters of small, rose-purple 
flowers. Leaves are brightly 
colored in autumn. Forms 
large clumps. 20 cts. each, 
S1..50 per doz. 
POGONIA ophioglossoides. See 
Orchids. 
423 SABBATIA chloroides. A foot 
high, with very showy rose- 
purple flowers 2 inches broad. 
It delights in a moist, peaty 
soil, is quite hardy and easy to 
grow. New plants are formed 
around the old stalks like the 
cardinal flower, making it a 
perennial. 25 cts. each, S2.00 
per doz. 
424 SARRACENIA purpurea 
(Pitcher Plant). This plant 
usually sends up a single flower- 
stalk 6 to 18 inches high, bear¬ 
ing a single, deep purple flower an inch or more broad. Leaves pitcher-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 plants. 15 cts. each, SI.25 per doz. 
425 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 
insects are found in a single pitcher. This is an easy one to grow in the bog. 20 
cts. each, S1.50 per doz. 
426 S._ Drummondii. Leaves 2 feet long, beautifully variegated; flowers 3 inches wide. 
Give this some protection through the winter. 20 cts. each, S2.00 per doz. 
427 S. psittacina (Parrot-beaked Pitcher Plant). Quite small and rare. 20 cts. each, 
$2.00 per doz. 
428 S. rubra. (Red-flowered Trumpet-Leaf). Pitchers red-veined; flowers reddish 
purple. 20 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. 
429 S. variolaris. A smaller species from Georgia, with taller and more slender leaves. 
20 cts. each. S2.00 per doz. 
430 SCIRPUS atrovirens. (Marsh Sedge). One to 3 feet high. Fine for moist or wet 
places. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz. 
431 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. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
432 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. 
433 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. 
4.34 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 W^et Place 
These can be planted where it is quite wet, or they will grow in any moist 
garden soil. A4ost of them are desirable for growing in masses. The following are 
Sarracenia variolaris 
