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A. japonicus variegatus. (Variegated Sweet Flag). Foliage beautifully 

 striped white; it grows well in dry or moist soil. One of the finest variegated 

 plants in cultivation. 



Alismn natans. A small aquatic with elliptical floating leaves and numer- 

 ous three-petaled white flowers. 



.•1. phintaffo. (Water Plantain). Flowers delicate pale rose color; scape 



branched; branches whorled, com- 

 pound. 



Asclepias incaniata. Flowers 

 flesh pink ; umbels numerous; 

 ^^ '^ i^ WkW -GJ^ -^^ stems erect; height two feet. A 



^ rr ^^i / *^^r^"^%^ ^ beautiful and effective plant on 



(^ ■(k^^T^^^^^'^'c' 3^ "^Y^IT/ ^'^^ banks of ponds, etc. 

 ^Q^^/^ %^ '"^ ^T -^ Brascnia pcltata. Leaves pel- 



^"^ I A A.^\y \ tate, one to four inches across; 



flowers small, dull, purple. 



Butomus umhellatus. (Flower- 

 ing Rush). Flowers rose colored. 

 A very handsome perennial aqu- 

 atic of easy culture. 



Calla palmtris. (Water Arum 

 or American Calla). Flower re- 

 sembling the cultivated Calla, only 

 smaller, six inches high; root stock 

 long and creeping. 



Caltba pahistris. (Marsh Mari- 

 gold). Flowers bright yellow early 

 in spring; very showy and attrac- 

 tive. 



C. pahistris flore-plcno. Similar 

 to the preceding, save that the 



P-^^^^fyr: "^"^ /^ l^-^-; ^^«^ *?> J flowers are perfectly double, re- 

 f^^^K/j^f' • A«^ Ifc^^v^^^ ^ sembling the double flowers of 

 klllH (^IZVI'IImW^^&'^^I tuberous rooted Begonias, 



vl fl il /(W iHOv^Hffll Hibiscus moscheutos. (Swamp 



M 7 JfJAjr^ <0^lP Roge Mallow). A most desirable 



, I '' \ ^ / plant for the aquatic garden, four 



to six feet high ; flowers five to six 

 inches in diameter, rose-colored or 

 ^^_j^.^^^ with or without a crimson 

 eye. 

 Iris K.-Empfcri. (Japanese Iris). Indispensable plants in the water-garden. 

 They should be planted on the margin of the pond, or where they are 



