fjKELSEY’S HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
y^rrolvn in the Carolina J^fountains at 3800 Jeet elebation 
OTHER INSECTIVOROUS. AQUATIC AND BOG PLANTS, continued 
HELONIAS bullata. Swamp Pink. 4 to 7 in. Purple. A rare bog plant, easily grown and very showy in 
early April. 
IRIS pseudacorus. Yellow Flag. 2 to 3 ft. A beautiful and satisfactory species, 
versicolor. Large Blue Flag. 2 to 3 ft. Borders of ponds. 
* NELUMBIUM luteum. Water Chinkapin. A line aquatic with leaves 1 to lA ft. wide, and large pale yel¬ 
low Hewers 5 to 8 in. across. 
NYMPHAEA ( Nwphar) advena. 
Thick cordate leaves and small bright yellow flowers. 
sagittaefolia. Yellow Water Lily. Very rare species intro¬ 
duced by us. 
ORONTIUM aquatieum. Golden Club. G to 24 in. Golden. 
For growing in mud or slow-running streams. 
OXYCOCCUS macrocarpus. American Cranberry. 8 in. 
White or reddish. Grows in sphagnum moss with muddy or 
sandy bottom. 
PONTEDERIA cordata. Pickerel-Weed. 1 to 4 ft. Blue, 
vigorous growing; for streams or ponds. 
SAGITTARIA longirostra. Long-Beaked Arrow-Head. 1% to 
3 ft. White. Very variable leaves, 
latifolia. Broad-Leaved Arrow-Head. 4 in. to 4 ft. White. 
SPARGANIUM ramosum. Bur Reed. 2 to 3 ft. Hardy bog 
plant with flowers in bur-shaped head. 
TYPHA latifolia. Broad-Leaved Cat-Tail. 2 to 6 ft. A stout 
marsh plant sometimes growing in running water. Dark brown 
spikes. Gives quick effects. 
angustifolia. Narrow-Leaved Cat-Tail. 5 to 10 ft. Similar 
to the last species, but with narrower leaves and taller growth. 
Light brown spikes. 
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Cypripediums and Other Hardy 
Native Terrestrial Orchids 
A most charming group of showy and curious plants, and easy to 
grow if given proper conditions of soil and location. But they are 
shy wildings and many of them rare and local. A rich, peaty, 
rather moist soil, with shade, best favors the growth of most species* 
and some love the bog even, such as the delightful Cypripedium 
roginae, the dainty Pogonias, Calorogon and Habenarias, though all 
these thrive well in the rich shady garden. 
APLECTRUM spicatum. Putty Root. 1 to 2 ft. A curious 
Orchid. Greenish brown 
flowers flecked with white 
and purple. 
ARETHUSA bulbosa. G to 9 in 
A bog species, very showy 
A large terminal bright pur 
pic fragrant flower on 
slender stem. 
CYPRIPEDIUM acaule. 
Moccasin Flower, g to 12 
_ t in. Lip rose-purple, rarely 
Large purple llowors with thick clusters of leaves. May and 
Limodorum tuberosum. Grass Pink 
(Soo puuo 28) 
Slipper. G to 12 in. A rare species 
while. 
•lime. 
oiuidldum. Small White Ladies 
White, purple stripes. June. 
montiuiu. Kuacihant Lawks’ Smpi-eii. 1 to 2 ft. A delicate species from 
the northwest. Flowors purple and white in June. 
IIIRSUTUM. Large Yellow Ladies* Slipper, l to 2 ft. 
Bright yellow flowers called slippers, sometimes three to five on 
each stem. 
parvlflorum. Small Yellow Ladies’ Slipper. 1 to 2 ft Fra 
grunt yellow Mowers in May and June. 
REGINAE (sfiectabile) . Showy Ladies* Slipper, l to 
2 ft. The handsomest and one of the rarest of hardy Or 
chids. The broadly ovate sepals and petals are pure white 
while the large inflated pouch is a beautiful soft red rose- 
color. A strong grower, preferring peat soils. Succeeds 
well in the rhododendron bed or in the bog. June and 
early July. 
Cypripedium hirsutum 
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