AQUATIC PLANTS, HARDY FERNS, ETC. 



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Porcupine-plant. 

 Parrot's- feather. 

 Wild Rice. 

 Cat-o'-nine-taiL 

 Burweed. 

 Water-plantain. 



Arrowhead. 



Scouring-rush. 



Pickerel-weed. 



Bulrush. 



Bur-marigold. 



EAST INDIAN LOTUS (Xdumlnujn roseiim). Fig. 147. 

 A. most beautiful plant, with large peltate or round-shield- 





FIG. 147. EAST INDIA LOTUS (Ndumbium roseum). 



shaped leaves and large pink or rose-colored flowers. It is 

 easily grown in shallow, warm -water ponds, or in tubs, 

 where it blooms freely. Use a rich, heavy, but not clayey 

 loam. 



