K a to a n a, North Carolina , and Boston, Massachusetts 
INSECTIVOROUS, AQUATIC AND BOG PLANTS, Con. 
CHELONE glabra. White Turtle-Head. 1-3 ft. White, tinged with rose. Also grows 
well in dry ground. Elegant plant. Clumps, 20c. ea., $1.25 for 10. 
lyoni. Lyon’s Turtle-Head. 1-3 ft. Red or rose-purple. Beautiful bog plant. 
Clumps, 15c. ea., $1.50 for 10. 
CICUTA maculata. Water Hemlock. 3-6 ft. White. Finely cut leaves, very large. 
15c. ea., fa for 10. 
DIONAEA muscipula. Venus Fly-Trap. 4-20 in. A most curious and rare insectivor¬ 
ous plant with extraordinary irritable leaves, furnished with sensitive hairs, which 
when touched induce the leaves to 
close forcibly, holding fast any 
venturesome insect. The small, 
white flowers are in clusters on the 
ends of stems 4 to 6 inches high. 
Very interesting for the winter 
garden and to study. Pot in sandy 
loam or swamp moss, keeping 
moist, or plant with the Sarra- 
cenias. 20c. ea., $1.50 for 10. 
(See illustration.) 
DROSERA filiformis. Thread-Leaved 
Sundew. 8-20 in. Purple-rose 
color. Another strange insectivor¬ 
ous plant. Grow with Dionaea. 
Thread-like leaves covered with 
reddish hairs. 20c. ea., $1.50 
for 10. 
rotundifolia. Round-Leaved Sun¬ 
dew. 4-10 in. White. The 
round leaves covered with red hairs 
and sticky fluid to catch insects 
ioc. ea., 75c. for 10. 
HELONIAS bullata. Swamp Pink. 
4-7 in. Purple. A rare bog plant, 
easily grown and very showy in 
early April. Clumps, 20c. ea., 
J1.25 for 10. 
IRIS pseudacorus. Y e 11 o w Flag. 
2-3 ft. A beautiful and satisfactory 
species. 20c. ea., Si.50 for 10. 
versicolor. Large Blue Flag. 2-3 ft. Borders of ponds. 15c. ea., Si.25 for 10. 
LIGUSTICUM canadense (actaeifolium). Nundo. 2-6 ft. White. Large showy cut 
leaves. Bog. 15c. ea., 5 1 for 10. 
NYMPHAEA (Nuphar) sagittaefolia. Yellow Water Lily. Very rare species introduced 
by us. 60c. ea., $5 for 10. 
ORONTIUM aquaticum. Golden Club. 6-24 in. Golden. For growing in mud or 
slow-running streams. 20c. ea., $1.50 for 10. 
OXYCOCCUS macrocarpus. American Cranberry. 8 in. White or reddish. Grows 
in sphagnum moss with muddy or sandy bottom, ioc. ea., 75c. for 10. 
PONTEDERIA cordata. Pickerel-Weed. 1-4 ft. Blue, vigorous growing; for streams 
or ponds. 20c. ea., $1.50 for 10. 
SAGITTARIA longirostra. Long-Beaked Arrow-Head. 1^-3 ft. White. Very 
variable leaves, ioc. ea., 75c. for 10. 
latifolia ( variabilis ). Broad-Leaved Arrow-Head. 4 in.-4 ft. White, ioc. ea., 
75c. for 10. 
SARRACENIAS 
A conspicuous and highly interesting class of insectivorous plants of great value in 
landscape work and for bog gardens. As pot plants, they are easily grown, and are so 
striking in color and structure of leaf and flower and curious in their habit of catching 
insects as to fill the observer with wonder. They thrive in bogs or planted in sphagnum 
Sarraccnia drummnniiii. Drummond's I'itclicr Plant. 
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