CHAPTER XV 

 Water Plants— Waterside Plants 



Plants Adapted to Waterside Planting. In order to give a 

 naturalistic appearance to the water garden some plants, especially 

 perennials, should be planted in the moist soil bordering the pond. 

 The following perennials are useful: Acorus (The Sweet Flag), 

 Arundo (p. 415), Caltha{ Marsh Marigold), Cimicijuga, Cyperus 

 (p. 4ij),Eupatorium, Iris Kaempferi, I. sibirica, I. pseudo-acorus and 

 /. versicolor (p. 193), Lobelia (p. 201), Lythrum (p. 203), Mertensia 

 (p. 203), Monarda (p. 203), Myosotis (p. 204), Sarracenia (p. 214) 

 Saxafraga (p. 214), Thalictrum, Typha (Cat-tail), Zizania (p. 422.) 

 For shrub planting use several of the following: Azalea canadense 

 or viscosum (p. 295), Kalmia angustifolia (p. 318), Chamcedaphne, 

 Ledum, Andromeda, Clethra, Chionanthus (p. 301), Magnolia glauca 

 (p. 323), Vacciniiim corymbosum, Cornus stolonifera, Sambucus 

 racemosa (Red Elder), Salix (Willow) and Viburnum cassinoides 

 (P- 336). 



Labels for Water Plants. Labels for pots under the surface 

 of the water, if of the ordinary wooden kind, only remain in good 

 condition for a short time, and then the writing becomes obliterated. 

 With the constantly increasing number of Nymphaeas and Nelum- 

 biums, one must be well acquainted with the names of the species 

 and varieties to tell them by their leaves, but when in a dormant 

 state it is impossible to tell some of the kinds from others. A simple 

 method of getting around this difficulty is to have labels made of 

 strips of sheet copper, with a number stamped across the top, the 

 number to correspond with a numbered list of the species and va- 

 rieties kept in a book. The numbers and names should also be 

 written on a piece of board and nailed up where it may be con- 

 veniently referred to. These labels last for years, and may be used 

 as often as necessary. In Water Lily ponds, whether the plants are 

 labeled above water or not, those intended to be removed to their 

 Winter quarters should have the name secured by nailing a strip 

 of the copper along the top of a stout wooden label, with the number 



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