52 THE GOLDFISH AND ITS CULTURE, 
leaves appear in addition and float on the surface of the water, 
to be soon followed by a delicate flower stalk that also floats, 
bearing as many as twenty-one pretty little white flowers one- 
half inch in diameter. (In some localities these characteristic 
leaves are not produced until late in the summer, but the 
plant flowers just as freely.) 
It requires a light location but no direct sunlight to grow 
to perfection. In a suitable locality it will be in bloom from 
February until November, and the tips of the sharp - pointed 
blades will assume a beautiful carmine color, while jet - black 
irregular spots will appear on the floating leaves. It grows 
to perfection in the sharp sand recommended for the bottom 
of the aquarium requiring no special mixture of soil. It mul- 
tiplies fast in the aquarium by runners from the root-stock. 
From the floating habit of its leaves and flowers, I have 
chosen its name. It is recognized all over the world as the 
most useful, decorative and reliable aquarium plant under cul. 
tivation. 
THE “NEW ERA” ARROWHEAD. 
This is a seedling of the preceding, secured by high culti- 
vation and cross-fertilization. It is more robust in growth than 
its parent. 
SAGITTARIA ‘*FRANCES M.” 
This is the result of a cross between S. “New Era” and S. 
lanciolata, a specieSfrom Louisiana, also of my own raising 
and named in memory of my late companion. The plant is 
evergreen; the winter foliage is like that of “ New Era” but 
much larger, the blades measuring in some cases one inch in 
width and twenty-four inches in length, while the aerial leaves 
