160 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



my pond till late in June, it flowered beautifully all the latter part of 

 the summer. To these add the Florida yellow water-lily {Nymphasa 

 fiava) and our own lovely water-nymph, intermixed with groups of the 

 stately and graceful Tuscarora rice, and you have a water garden at 

 comparatively small expense, such as no combination of the rarest and 

 most costly land plants can rival. And if you wish to go to a little more 

 trouble and expense, you can add other species of Xymphcca which are 

 perfectly gorgeous, but which require protection during the winter. 

 Even the queenly Victoria regia has been flowered by Mr. Sturdevaut 

 in the open air with the aid of a little artificial heat. And this, too, may 

 be made to adorn the carp pond. Most of our native watiT-lilies are 

 " born to blush unseen and waste their sweetness on the " unsightly 

 marsh. Carp culture is destined to bring them into the prominence to 

 which their beauty and delicate odor entitle them; and as the rhizomas, 

 tubers, leaf stalks, and seeds abound in farinaceous matter, they both 

 feed the carp and render attractive the country home. 



I append a list of the plants which do well in my ponds, and which 

 seem adapted to this latitude, and for the sake of accuracy and the 

 scientific names : 



White water-crowfoot — Ranunadns aquatilis. 



American lotus — Nelumhiuyn luteum. 



Egyptian lotus — Nthimhium speciosum. 



White water-lily — Nymphcna odorata. 



Yellow water-lil> — Nymplicea flava. 



Yellow pond -lily — Nnphar advena. 



Water-cress — Nasturtivm officinale. 



Wat^r-milfoil — Myriophyllum, several species. 



Water-i^nTsl'dne—Ludwigiapaliistris. 



Cardinal flower — Lobelia cardinalis. 



Wat^r-chestnut — Trapa natans. 



Bladder- wort — UtricuJ/iria gibba. 



Horn wort — Ceratophylluin demersum. 



Water-starwor t — Callitriche heterophylla. 



Ca*:-tail flag — Typha latifolia. 



Bur-reed — Sparganium eurycarpum. 



Arrow-head — Sagittaria variabilis. 



Blue flag — Iris versicolor. 



Pickerel-weed — Pontederia cordata. 



Mud plantain — Heteranthera reniformis. 



Common rush — Juhcus effusus. 



Eice cutgrass — Leersia oryzoides. 



Tuscarora rice — Zizania aquatica. 



Eattlesnake grass — Glyceria canadensis. 



Manna grass — Glyceria jiuitans. 



Manna grass — Glyceria. obtusa. 



BORDENTOWN, N. J., 1883. 



