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E. C. ROBBINS, ASHFORD, NORTH CAROLINA 
HARDY AQUATIC AND BOG PLANTS, continued 
SARRACENIA flava. Trumpet Pitcher Plant. Interesting 
bog plant. Height i to 2 feet. Yellowish green 
trumpet-shaped leaf. Large yellow flowers. X strong 
minor. Hooded Pitcher Plant. Leaves erect, trumpet¬ 
shaped, 6 to 15 inches high, deciduous, spotted with 
white. Yellowish summit flowers in May. Strong.. 
purpurea. Common Pitcher Plant. Hardy plant 9 to 
15 inches high. Succeeds best in mossy bogs. Flowers 
purplish yellow. Strong. 
rubra. Sweet Pitcher Plant. Height 9 to 18 inches. Flow¬ 
ers crimson, with scent of sweet violet. 
Strong. 
SAXIFRAGA virginiensis. Virginia Saxifrage. Height 6 to 
18 inches. Lettuce-like foliage. Flowers white. 
Damp locations. Strong. 
SYMPLOCARPUS foetidus. Skunk-cabbage. Leaves large, 
I to 2 feet long, heart-shaped. Flowers small, mot¬ 
tled purplish brown and greenish yellow, packed on 
fleshy stems. Blooms in early spring. Strong. 
VERATRUM viride. American False Hellebore. Height 2 to 
4 feet. Yellowish green plant with large leaves. 
Succeeds well in either dry or moist soil. Flowers 
greenish white, in early spring. X strong. 
VERNONIA noveboracensis. Ironweed. Deciduous. Stem 
leafy; usually tall. Leaves alternate. Flower-heads an 
intense red-purple, loosely clustered. Strong clumps . . 
LILIUM canadense. Canada Lily. Slender stems 2 to 4 feet 
high. Flowers in various shades of orange, yellow, 
and red. Very ornamental. First size. 
Second size. 
carolinianum. Carolina Lily. A showy Lily somewhat 
dwarfer than L. superbum, with flowers a little lighter 
in color, but enriched with a delicate and pervasive 
fragrance. First size. 
Second size. 
grayi. Gray’s Lily. Height 2 to 4 feet. A beautiful Lily 
with deep reddish bell-shaped flowers, orange 
spotted within, exceedingly showy and continues to 
grow in demand. First-size strong flowering bulbs. 
Second-size mostly flowering bulbs. 
XX largest. 
philadelphicum. Orange-cup Lily. Height i to 3 feet. 
Reddish orange flowers, with purple spots. 
Flowering-size bulbs. 
superbum. American Turk’s-cap Lily. Under favorable 
conditions it reaches 8 feet, bearing scores of 3 to 
4-inch flowers of brilliant orange-scarlet, shaded 
yellow and dotted and tinged with brown in the 
center. The petals form a turban-shaped flower which 
accounts for its common name, the “Turk’s-cap 
Lily.’’ It particularly likes to stick its head up through 
an opening in overhanging shrubs. Blooms in July. 
Early orders solicited. First size. 
Second size. 
Third size. 
XX largest. 
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