WATER PLANTS 



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shallow water or marshy spots. There is also a striped 

 form. 



Aponogetgn distachyon. — Cape Pond-weed. A floating 

 plant bearing spikes of white, hawthorn-scented flowers 

 and having narrow lance-shaped leaves. It is perfectly 

 hardy in the warmer parts of the country, and increases 

 so rapidly that in small ponds it has to be partially 

 cleared out every few years. Though blooming most 

 profusely in the spring, there is scarcely a month when 

 flowers may not be found in sheltered spots. 



Butomus umbellatus. — Flowering Rush. A summer- 

 blooming plant bearing rosy flower-heads, height four 

 feet. It grows in shallow water. 



Calla oethiopica. — Syn. Richardia. The Arum Lily. 

 A grand plant for shallow water around the margins of 

 lakes and ponds. In the south-west, early in June, 

 thousands may be seen in full flower in an ornamental 

 sheet of water. Even in Scotland it may be planted out 

 permanently in shallow water. 



Calla palustris. — A dwarf plant growing in shallow 

 water or in boggy spots. 



Carex. — Sedge. Several of these are British plants. 

 Their long slender leaves being very graceful, as are 

 their tall, plumed flower-stems. C. baccans produces 

 coral-red berries. All grow in shallow water. 



Cladium Mariscus. — A vigorous subject growing in 

 shallow water, six feet in height, and bearing reddish- 

 brown flower-panicles. C, germanicum is another striking 

 species. 



Cyperus longus. — A water-plant of handsome form 

 growing to a height of three feet and bearing chestnut 

 flower-spikes. 



Hottonia palustris. — Water Violet. A dwarf plant 

 growing in shallow water and marshy spots and bearing 

 lilac, primrose-like flowers with a yellow eye. 



Menyanthes trifoliata. — Buckbean. A dwarf plant 



