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! HENETA DREERfflllAKLPHIAfAW/ WATER LILIES™ AQUATICS 



LlMNOCHARIS HUMBOLDTI (WaTEH POPPY). 



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Miscellaneous Aquatics, 



Varieties marked * are hardy. 



* Acorus Japonica Variegata ( Variegated Sweet Flag) 



One of the finest variegated plants in cultivation. 25 cts. 

 each ; §2.50 per doz. 



* — GramineuS Variegatus. Dwarf-growing with leathery 



leaves, beautifully margined with white; handsome plant for 

 margins or pot culture. 20 cts. each ; §2.00 per doz. 

 *Aponogeton Distachyon | Cape Pond Weed.) A very 

 interesting aquatic. The fork-shaped spikes of pure white 

 flowers are freely produced, and have the fragrance of Haw- 

 thorn. 50 cts. each ; §5.00 per doz. 



* Brasenla Peltata {Water Shield). Suitable for edgings 

 . of small aquatic gardens. Small purple flowers. 10 cts. 



each ; §1.00 per doz. 



* Caltha Palustris {Marsh Marigold). Bright yellow flow- 



ers, produced early in spring. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



* Fl. PI. Double golden-yellow flowers, resembling a 



Double Begonia. 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 



Cyperus Papyrus (Papyrus Antiquoruni). This is the 

 true Egyptian Paper Plant. From the snow-white pith of its 

 triangular stalks the first paper was made. They are 5 to 8 

 feet high, and support at the top a tuft of long, thread-like 

 leaves, which give the plant a graceful and striking appear- 

 ance. It grows finely in shallow water with rich soil, and 

 makes a splendid companion for flowering aquatics. It will 

 also flourish and make a fine clump in the garden, with no 

 more water than Carinas require to make them do well. 25 cts. 

 each ; extra size, 50 cts.; specimen plants in tubs, $2.50 each. 



Eichhornia Azurea. This species of "Water Hyacinth" 

 produces large spikes of flowers, of a lovely shade of lavender- 

 blue, with a rich purple centre ; petals delicately fringed. 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Jussia^a Longifolia. A very attractive and desirable aquatic, 

 growing 2 to 3 feet high. Erect, slightly drooping at the 

 points, and producing numerous axillary flowers of a rich 

 golden-yellow, somewhat like an Evening Primrose, A good 

 plant for tubs or planting on edge ol pond. 25 CtS. each ; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Limnanthemum lndicum (Watet Snowflake). A very 

 pretty floating spe< ies, with li.uht green, roundish leave-., and 

 pure wluie flowers, mosl beautifully fringed. 25 cts, each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



* Limnanthemum Nymphaeoides ( Villarsia). A pretty 

 hardy aquatic with Nymphaea-like leaves and golden-yellow 

 flowers, freely produced. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



Limnocharis Plumieri. An erect-growing plant, standing 

 1 to 2 feet out of the water, with elliptical leaves 4 to 6 inches 

 long, and of a velvety green. Flowers straw color. 25 cts. 

 each ; §2.50 per doz. 



-Orontium Aquaticum. Beautiful, velvety green leaves on 

 the upper surface, and a bright silvery-white color on the 

 back ; flowers small, yellow. 15 cts. each : $1.50 per doz. 



Ouvirandra Fenestralis ( Lace-leaf or Lattice-leaf Hani). 

 The chief interest of this plant lies in the remarkable sing- 

 ularity of the leaves, which are of a dark, olive green color, 

 merely a network of vascular tissue, resembling lace, or a 

 skeletonized leaf. A compost of good, rich soil, a- recom- 

 mended for water lilies i? suitable for this plant. The pot 

 or pan should be placed in a tub of water and kept clean and 

 sweet, and from direct sunlight. $2.50 each. 



*PeItandra Virginica | Water Arum). Leave- something 

 like a Calla in outline, with greenish flowers, growing a foot or 

 more out of the water. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



PistiaStratiotes ( Water Lettuce). A floating aquatic: forms 

 a rosette of light green velvet) leaves. 15cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 



-Pontederia Cordata {Pickerel Weed). A free-flowering 

 plant, growing about two feet high, and producing spikes ot 

 closely-set blue flowers. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



Sagittaria Montevidiensis [Giant Arrowhead). Attains 

 gigantic proportions, growing 4 to 5 feet high ; leaves 15 inches 

 long ; flower-scape towers above the foliage, bearing white 

 flowers with dark blotch at base of each petal, suitable for 

 margins or tub cultivation. 20 cts. each ; §2.00 per doz. 



* — Japonica Fl. PI.' The double-flowering arrowhead ; very 



desirable for planting in tubs or on margins of ponds and 

 streams. 50 cts. each ; §5.00 per doz. 



Saururus Cernuus (Lizard's Tail). A desirable plant 

 for iriargins ; 2 to 2 V feet high ; leaves heart-shaped ; fragrant 

 white flowers. 20 cts. each ; §2.00 per doz. 



* Scirpus Taberna^montana Zebrina. A very oramental 

 hardy rush, growing 3 to 4 feet high, producing leaves varie- 

 gated, with alternate bands of green and pure white. It may 

 be grown as an aquatic, or as a garden or window plant. 25 

 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 



" ;; " Typha Latifolia. The well-known Cat Tail ; very desirable 

 for the water garden. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



* Zizania Aquatica ( Wild Rice |. This native aquatic annual 



is very ornamental ; its graceful panicles of bloom are pro- 

 duced on stalks 5 to 10 feet high : should be grown in shallow 

 water. 10 cts. each ; 75 cts. per doz. 









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The New Book " WATER GARDENING " tells of the culture of miscellaneous Aquatics. Price, Si 50, postpaid. 



