AQUATIC PLANTS 



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piling up to some height on account of its peculiar means of reproduction, 

 the new plants springing directly out of the parent leaves, as pictured 

 in illustration. Ordinarily the plants are about six inches in diameter 

 and are of very pleasing appearance. Native to the tropics around the 

 world. 



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Fig. 48. Water Fern (Reduced one-half) 



Fig. 49. Water Chestnut (Two-thirds size) 



