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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 



Botanical name 



Common 

 name 



Color of 

 flowers 



Approx. 

 time of 

 bloom 



Habitat 



Nymphaea alba var. 



rosea Water-lily . . . .Rose Summer , Bweden 



Nymphaea Candida. . .White 



water-lily ..White Summer Europe 



Nymphaea tetragona .Yellow 



water-lily ..Yellow i Summer China, Japan 



Botanical name 



Common 

 name 



Approx. 

 Approx. Color of time of 

 height flowers bloom 



Habitat 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS GROWING JN SWAMPS OR ON MUDD1 SHORES 



Cardamine pratensis .Cuckoo flower. 12-20". .White or 



rose . Europe 



Saglttaria sagittifolia Old World 



arrow-ihead . 1-3' ..White . .July-Aug Europe, Asia 



Senecio japonicus. . . .Japanese 



groundsel .. 4-5' . .Yellow. May-June ....Japan 

 Sium latifoliu.ni Water parsnip 4-5' . .White. .Summer Europe 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR VERY MOIST SOIL 



Hcmcrocallis 



aurantiaca 



and varieties Orange .day- 

 lily 2-3' . .Orange. July-Sept. ...Japan 



HemerocaUis 



Dumorticrii Day-lily 1-3' 



HemerocaUis flava. . .Lemon lily. . .18-24' 



HemerocaUis fulva. . .Day-lily 18-24 



HemerocaUis 



Middcndorfi Middendorf's 



day-lily 1-2" 



Iris aurea Yellow iris... 3-3j^ 



Iris laevigata and 



Its varieties Japanese iris .2^-3' 



. Orange . May-June 

 .Yellow May-June 

 . Orange . July-Aug. 



.Yell ow . M a y- Ju n e 

 .Yellow .June . . . 



. Japan 



.Europe, Asia 

 .Europe 



.Amur 

 .Himalayas 



Iris florcntina Florentine 



iris 



Iris Gueldcnstaedt- 



iana Iris 1-2' 



Iris Pscudacorus Iris 2-3' 



Ranunculus asiaticus. Buttercup ... 6"-l' 

 Ranunculus bulbosus .Bulbous 



buttercup . . 1' 



Blue, 

 violet. 

 white.June 



1-2' ..White .May 



.Yellow .May 



.Yellow .May- June 

 Yellow .May- June 



.Yellow .April-June 



.Siberia, Japan 



.Europe 



.Asia 

 .Europe 

 .Asia Minor 



.Persia, Europ< 



HERBACEOUS SHRUBS FOR WATERSIDE PLANTING 



A Inus viridis Oreen alder. . 3-6' . . Incon- 

 spicuous. Early spring Northern 



Hemisphere 

 Cornus sanguinea . . . .Red-branched 



dogwood. . . . 8-12' . .White. . May- June . . . .Europe 

 Salix Caprea Goat willow. .12-20' . .Incon- 

 spicuous Europe, Asia 



