CHAPTER XIV 

 WATER PLANTS 



SEVERAL species of aquatic plants do well when 

 planted in ponds and other waters throughout 

 the metropolis, and the beauty of these in 

 several of the lakes in the London parks testify 

 to how well suited they are for town planting. 



One of the best is the Cape Pond Weed 

 (Aponogeton distachyon), which not only 

 flowers freely but reproduces itself from seed. 

 The sweetly scented large white flowers with 

 dark anthers are both conspicuous and orna- 

 mental. 



THE FLOWERING RUSH (Butomus umbella- 

 tus) thrives vigorously in several ponds in smoky 

 parts of London and may be considered a most 

 desirable plant for such positions. It should 

 be planted by the water margin. MENYANTHES 



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