WATER GARDENING. 



We have not heretofore spoken of a species of gardening that, perhaps, will be new to many 

 of our readers, WATER GARDENING. We all love to wander along the streams in the summer 



time, and gather the wild flowers that 

 adorn their banks, yet few may have 

 thought of cultivating those cold water 

 plants in the low meadow near the woods, 

 or in the shallow water by the banks of 

 the brook. A notice of a few of our best 

 common water plants may be profitable. 

 Among the many beautiful flowers that 

 adorn our world there are none more 



NUPHAR ADVENA. KYMPH.EA ODOKATA. gOrgCOUS than the WATER LlLIES. 



Nuphar advena is the common yellow W T ater Lily, that abounds almost everywhere, we 

 believe, in our Middle, Northern and Western States. It is a showy flower, and stands well up 

 from the water, on a strong stem, as shown in the engraving. 



Nymphcea odorata is the most beautiful of all our native Water Lilies. It is usually 

 as white as snow, though occasionally highly tinted with pink, and as fragrant as a Violet. 

 It generally sits gracefully upon the water, though, in shallow places, the flower is some- 

 times borne above the surface. 



NympJuza tuberose is larger 

 than Nymphtza odorata, not very 

 fragrant, and never tinted with 

 pink. 



Calla palustris is our native 

 Calla, and is quite common in 

 many portions of the North. The 

 root stocks were formerly, we 

 believe, gathered and eaten by 

 the Indians, as they yield con- 

 siderable starch. 



Sagittaria sagittifolia. This 

 is a very handsome aquatic, with 

 arrow-headed leaves, from which 

 It is common in half the world. 



TYPHA LATIFOLIA. 



its name is derived, 

 for the bulbs, for food. 



Pontederia cor dot a, 

 commonly called Pick- 

 erel-weed, is common 

 over a large section of 

 our country. It is found 

 in shallow water, is a 

 vigorous plant, with 

 long-stalked leaves, of 

 the arrow-head form, 

 with a one-leaved stem, 

 terminated bv a spike 



IRIS VERSICOLOK. 



In China it is cultivated extensively 

 It is very common in all our inland waters, creeks and swamps. 



of puqilish-blue flowers. 

 Ranunculus aqua tills 

 is a beautitul little plant, 

 particularly in foliage. 

 It is called the Water 

 Crowfoot. The flowers 

 are white, l>orne well 

 up above the water. 



Caltha palustris. This, 

 we think, every one will 



CALTHA PALUSTRIS. MENYANTHES TKIFOLIATA. 



recognize as the well- 

 known Cowslip, used by housewives in the spring for " greens," and often sold in our markets. 



Menyanthes trifoliata, one of the most beautiful of our aquatic plants, is found in cold bogs 

 all over the North. The flowers are pink and white, and delicately fringed. 



Typha latifolia is the well-known Cat's-tail Flag, and often erroneously called Bullrush, 

 which is quite another plant. 



Iris versicolor. Almost every one is acquainted with some of the garden varieties of Iris, 

 but there are many who never saw our native I. versicolor flowering on the banks of streams. 



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