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Nymphaea tuberosa rosea, continued 

 water. A hardy vigorous variety, but without the 

 rampant character of its parent. In cultivation it is 

 more desirable than the Cape Cod Pink Pond-Lily 

 which it closely resembles. 



Orontium aquaticum. GOLDEN CLUB. A waterside 

 plant with beautiful velvety dark green foliage. Grows 

 naturally from Massachusetts to Florida and Louisiana. 

 Leave-6 to 12 inches long, with numerous parallel 

 veins, either floating on the surface of the water or 

 standing erect. The inflorescence is club-like, golden 

 yellow, borne on a white stalk in early spring. Very 

 curious and attractive. 



Sagiltaria sagittaefolia flore pleno. DOUBLE-FLOWERED 

 ARROWHEAD. A bold floriferous variety producing a 

 wealth of showy double white flowers of wonderful 

 form and substance. A garden form of the European 

 and Asiatic Arrowhead. Very showy and desirable. 



Sarracenia flava. YELLOW PITCHER-PLANT, OR YEL- 

 LOW TRUMPET-LEAF. An interesting bog plant with 

 curious trumpet-like leaves i to 2 feet long. Grows 

 naturally from Virginia to Florida. Leaves yellowish 

 green, reticulated with reddish or purple veins, and 

 crowned by an apiculate hood. Flowers nodding, with 

 an umbrella-like covering which conceals the attach- 

 ment of the five large yellow petals. 



Nymphaea marliacea carnea 

 (see page 109) 



Peltandra sagittaefolia. ARROW ARUM. An upright 

 waterside plant with deep green arrow-shaped leayes. 

 Occurs naturally from Virginia, southward to Florida 

 and Alabama. Flowers white, resembling a Calla IJHyy 

 blooming in late spring and early summer. Very at- 

 tractive, adding both interest and variety to aquatic 

 gardens. 



Piaropus crassipes. WATER HYACINTH. A curious 

 and beautiful floating plant with showy flowers. Native 

 of South America, but naturalized in many places in 

 the Southern States. Leaves in clusters, with peculiar 

 inflated petioles which enable the plant to float on the 

 surface of the water. Flowers in a loose spike, pro- 

 duced well above the foliage, pale violet with the upper 

 lobe marked with blue and bright yellow ; very showy. 

 Hardy in the Southern States and commonly wintered 

 indoors in the North. It makes a very attractive house- 

 plant for vase or aquarium. 



Pontederia cordata. PICKEREL-WEED. A strong, vig- 

 orous waterside plant with handsome foliage and 

 showy flowers. Occurs naturally from Nova Scotia and 

 Minnesota, southward to Florida and Texas. Leaves 

 erect, ovate in outline, with a heart-shaped base, dark 

 green and lustrous, borne on stout elongated petioles. 

 Flowers blue, in a dense spike, showy, freely produced 

 in summer. An excellent plant for water gardens and 

 shores of ponds or streams. 



Sagittaria latifolia. ARROWHEAD. A valuable plant 

 for colonizing on the borders of ponds and lily pools, 

 widely distributed in North America. Leaves arrow- 

 shaped, bright green, somewhat surpassed in height 

 by the inflorescence. Flowers white, produced in suc- 

 cessive whorls of threes in an elongated spike. 



S. purpurea. SIDE-SADDLE FLOWER. A 

 very hardy plant growing in mossy bogs 

 from Labrador and the Rocky Mountains, 

 southward to Florida and Alabama. Leaves 

 6 to 10 inches long, dilated upwards, marked 

 with purple veins, with a large broad wing 

 on one side and a hairy hood at the summit. Flowers 

 similar in form to those of the preceding species, but 

 with lurid purple petals. 



S. rubra. RED TRUMPET-LEAF. An attractive bog 

 plant growing naturally from the high mountains of 

 North Carolina southward to the Gulf. Leaves trum- 

 pet-shaped, slender, reticulated with deep red or pur- 

 ple. Flowers reddish purple. 



Saururus cernuus. LIZARD'S TAIL. A hardy and very 

 free-flowering plant, usually attaining a height of 2 to 3 

 feet. Grows naturally from Canada, southward to 

 Florida and Texas. Leaves deep green, heart-shaped, 

 borne on winged petioles. Flowers creamy white, in 

 long and slender drooping racemes, in summer. Excel- 

 lent for massing at the water's edge. 



Scirpus lacustris. BULRUSH. A very hardy plant 

 growing in shallow water; widely distributed in the 

 Northern Hemisphere. Culms round, 3 to 6 feet tall, 

 quite erect, bearing at the summit a light brown inflo- 

 rescence. Splendid for naturalizing in large ponds, 

 where it is sometimes used to prevent erosion of the 

 banks. 



Typha anguslifolia. NARROW-LEAVED CAT-TAIL. A 

 hardy aquatic plant growing in shallow water. Widely 

 distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Attains a 

 height of about 4 to 6 feet. Leaves long and remarkably 

 narrow, bright green, scarcely overtopped by the 

 brown spikes. 



T. latifolia. CAT-TAIL. Usually attains a height of 4 

 to 8 feet, and is common in shallow water almost 

 throughout North America, also in Europe and Asia. '<. 

 Leaves about an inch wide, bright green, overtopping 

 the large brown spikes. Very picturesque and pleasing. 



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