LOTUSES, WATER HYACINTHS l6l 



leaves. From long association it seems to 

 belong beside the pink lotus. Being tender, 

 it is grown in tubs. In autumn these are 

 taken up after the first frost. The plants 

 may be kept growing in a warm, well-lighted 

 tank, or they may be stored in a cool place, 

 provided they are kept wet. The papyrus 

 needs no season of rest, and produces incon- 

 spicuous flowers. 



There is a large kind of umbrella-plant 

 {Cyperus alternifolius) which grows like the 

 Papyrus and receives the same treatment. 

 It is wholly a foliage plant. The common 

 little umbrella-plant of our houses {Cyperus 

 alternifolius, var. gracilis^ will also do equally 

 well in the water garden. It is very easily 

 propagated by division of the roots, or by 

 planting the "umbrella" part of a leaf, with 

 the stem cut off, in wet earth or in water. 

 There are several varieties of this, differing in 

 stature and in fineness of leaf. 



From Florida comes another tall plant, 

 Thalia divaricata, which deserves notice. 

 It has broad, oval leaves a foot long. In 



