HENRTADREEK -PHILADELPHIA- W^ WATER LILIK*- AQUATICS- iTIll 121 



Aquatic Plants for Aquariums. 



There is a rapidly growing interest in tiie culture ol fancy tisli and aquatic 

 plants in aquariums, and it is doubtful if anything is more fascinating to the 

 young as well as to the older members of the houseliold than to watch the 

 development of animal and plant life in the Aquaria. 



It is absolutely essential for the welfare of the fish that sufficient plants be 

 grown in the Aquaiium to supply them with air. The list of plants offered 

 below are the best known oxygenators, and there should be at least one plant 

 to every two gallons of water. 



For full details of management we recommend the book, The Amateur 

 Aquarist, a very practic.il work. Price, §1 00, postpaid. 

 AnachariS Canadensis Gigantea {Giant Water Weed). A beautiful sub- 

 merged plant with dark green ovate leaves and light stems, of quick growth. 

 The best oxygenator and a splendid aquarium plant. 15 cts. each ; J!1.50 

 per doz. 

 Cabomba Viridifolia {Washington Grass). A pretty and popular sub- 

 merged plant; leaves brilliant, .glossy green, fan -shaped, regularly cut and 

 more beautiful than the most deWcate fern. 10 cts. per bunch ; $1.00 per 

 doz. Pot plants, 25 cts. each. 

 Cyperus Alternifolius. An excellent plant for growing in water or damp 

 places; will thrive in any good soil, and always presents a green and 

 attractive appearance. 15 cts. 

 and 25 cts. each ; $1 .50 and $2 50 

 per doz. 



Eichhornia Crassipes riajor 



( Water Hyacinth). A very 

 showy floating aquatic, bearing 

 flowers of a delicate lilac-rose in 

 trusses like a Hyacinth. 15 cts. 

 each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Limnobium Spongia {Ameri- 

 can Frog-Bit"). Dark green, 

 heart-shaped leaves, purplish 

 underneath. 10 cts. each; $1.00 

 per doz. 



Llmnocharis Humboldtl {The 

 Water Poppy). A pretty lit- 

 tle aquatic, with oval leaves, 

 and yellov\r, poppy-like flowers, 

 standing out of the water. Fine 

 for growing in shallow water or 

 an aquarium. 15 cts. each ; $1 50 

 per doz 



Ludwigia ilulerttii. A submerg- 

 ed plant with floating stems ; the 

 small ovate leaves of a, bright 

 bronzy green ; small yellow flow- 

 ers produced above water. 15 cts. 

 per bunch ; $1.50 per doz. Pot 

 plants, 25 cts each. 



EiCHHOKM\ Major (Water Hyacinth). 



Myriophyllum Proserpinacoides 



{Pa) J of s J^eather). Long, trailing 

 stems, clothed with whorls of the 

 most exquisite foliage, as delicate as 

 the Cypress -Vine. Planted in 

 water-tight hanging-basket, so water 

 can be kept standing on the surface, 

 it will trail finely. 10 cts. each ; 

 $1.00 per doz. 



PIstia Stratiotes {Water Lettuce). 

 A very ornamental aquarium plant; 

 forms a rosette of light green vel- 

 vety leaves. 15 cts. each ; %\ 50 



/ per doz. 



VSalvinia Braziliensis. This pretty 

 little floating aquatic is suitable for 

 all aquaria. The leaves are a soft 

 green, covered with a delicate hairy 

 surface. 15 cts. per bunch ; 1.50 

 per doz. 



'Sagittaria Natans. This plant is indispensable for the aquarium; 

 its long strap-like green leaves resemble the well-known Vallisneria. 

 .1 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 

 Sagittaria Sinensis {/Giant Sagittaria). Leaves dark green; 

 broader and stronger than .?. Natans, and a freer grower ; the best 

 f form for the aquarium. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz 

 Trapa Natans ( /^^fz/cr Chestnut or Water Caltrops). An aquatic 

 annual, producing white flowers with purple claws, floating on the 

 surface of the water. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Vallisneria Spiralis Qigantea ( Giant Eel Grass). A submerged 

 plant with ribbon-like leaves ; \ inch wide and from 1 to 2 

 feet long; a free grower and a good oxygenator. 15 cts. each; 



.50 per doz. 

 allisneria Spiralis {Tape or Eel Grass). A submerged plant 

 with ribbon-like leaves about 6 inches long; free-growing and 

 desirable. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Anacharis (Giant Watt;r Weed). 



Cabomba Vikiuii'Olia (W ishington Grass) 



We were awarded the GRAND PRIZE for our display of 

 Aquatics at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904. 



THE AMATEUR AQUARIST gives full directions for the management of the Aquarium. Pri«;e. $1.00, postpaid. 



