1879. 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



297 



of rhythm not common now-a-davs in newspaper 

 poetry, it is not of high character. If poetry is 

 the art of putting truth in song, we are scarcely 

 ready to subscribe to the proposition that a 

 flower which has but a transitory existence is a 

 fit emblem of excellence, virtue, worth, "and 

 of love, too." However, letting these things 

 pass, we may say that the Cactus sent is Epi- 

 phyllum latifrons. It makes a beautiful object 

 when trained to a single stem, planted out in the 

 open ground in Summer, and taken up, potted, 

 and protected in the Fall. The odor is not equal 

 to tliat of the true Night Blooming Cereus. — 

 Ed. G. M.] 



AQUATIC PLANTS. 



BY HUGO MULERTT, CINCINNATI, O. 



"Weed" is the term applied to plants of no 

 use to us ; but as soon as it is discovered they 

 possess a certain merit, they cease to be weeds. 

 Acorus calamus^ leaves swort like, hardy ; Acorus 

 variegata, leaves striped with creamy white, ten- 

 der; Anacharis Canadensis ^ di, ^ne oxygenator — 

 fine, bright green, lanceolate leaves, all under 

 water, hardy ; Asjndistra lurida and var., a grace- 

 ful, broad-leaved plant; Bambusa aurea var., a 

 graceful, variegated reed; Brasem'a pelf ata, the 

 glossy green oval leaves float on the surface of 

 the water, and when fully grown turn scarlet, 

 mottled Avith yellow — flowers purple, tender; 

 Callitriche verna, submerged, when it reaches 

 the surface of the water forms a star-shaped 

 rosette and changes from green into a brownish 

 red, hardy; Calla jEthiopica, the well-known 

 calla lily, pot-grown ; Calla palustris, our native 

 calla, pot-grown ; Ceratophyllum demersum, en- 

 tirely under water, where it grows without roots ; 

 Cyperus alternifolia, umbrella grass, pot-grown ; 

 Cyperus variegata ; Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian 

 paper plant, pot-grown; Farfugium grande, 

 round leaves, spotted with yellow, above water; 

 Fontanellis, a moss-like plant, all under water ; 

 Hippuris vulgaris, rising above water, resembling 

 a little pine tree; Hydrocotyle repanda, floating, 

 a curious plant, the round leaves rise above 

 water; Iris hexagona, a variety of the flag, 

 flowers blue with yellow ; Iris lutea, flowers 

 yellow; Lacis ceratophylla, a, very graceful sub- 

 merged plant, resembling chenille floating in 

 water; Lemna, entirely floating, three kinds; 

 Limnocharis Humholdtii, leaves floating, flowers 

 yellow, very fine; Lysimachia, a vine, growing 

 under and above water ; Myriophyllum heterc- 

 phyllum, under water entire, good oxygenator; 



MyriopTiylhim spicatum, darker foliage than form- 

 er; Nitella Jlexilis, a line grass, entirely sub- 

 merged ; Nitella viridis, the very thin leaves are 

 branched; Nelumhium luteum, a beautiful lily, 

 flowers larger than N. odorata; Nymphcca flava, 

 the celebrated Southern yellow water-lily, leaves 

 small, floating, and variegated; Nymph(i;a odorata, 

 the well-known white water-lily; Nuphar advena, 

 the 3'ellow lotus; Pistia stratioies, a, rosette of 

 silver}'^, velvet-like leaves, floating on the water ; 

 Potamogeton crispus, narrow, delicate-looking 

 curled leaves, partly floating; Potamogeton nu- 

 tans, same as former, but not curled, pot-grown ; 

 Potamogeton pusillus, a pretty, little, grass-like 

 plant, all underwater; Pontederia cor data angus- 

 tifolia, ttow^ers blue ; Pontederia cordata lancifo- 

 lia, flower blue ; Reinekia carnea, a beautiful lit- 

 tle grass, flowers purple ; Richardia alba, spotted 

 calla; Sagittaria variabilis, leaven arrow-shaped, 

 flowers white; Saxifraga, leaves variegated, 

 floating; Tradescantia aquatica, submerged; 

 Trapa natans, from south of France, when the 

 curious shaped leaves reach the surface of the 

 water they form a floating rosette of about six 

 inches diameter, flowers white ; Uniola latifolia, 

 a graceful grass, above water; Utricidaria vul- 

 garis, a carnivorous plant, floating under water, 

 very handsome ; Vallisneria spiralis, a very fine 

 ox3^genator, leaves grass-like, partly floating; 

 Villarsia trachyspermum, leaves heart shape and 

 floating, underside purple ; Zannichella palustris, 

 a grass-like plant submerged. 



STENOCARPUS CUNNINCHAMII. 



BY CHAS. E. PARNELL, GARDENER TO W. D. F. 

 MANICE, QUEENS, L. I. 



In the Gardener's Monthly for December, 

 1877, page 360, 1 noticed a few remarks on Steno- 

 carpus Cunninghamii. We have a specimen here 

 about fourteen feet high that promises an abund- 

 ance of bloom in the course of three or four 

 weeks. Mr. A. J. Edmonds' remarks on the 

 growth are correct, and I can only add, that on 

 our plant the blossom-buds are being produced 

 on wood three or four years old, as well as on 

 the two-year old; and I notice a cluster on wood 

 that must be ten or twelve years old. How long 

 it will continue in blossom after the flowers 

 open, I cannot tell ; but I will give you full par- 

 ticulars hereafter if you desire them. 



The season here has been very dry, and bed- 

 ding and flowering plants have suffered much for 

 want of rain. We have no apples this year, but 

 an abundance of pears and grapes. I do not 



