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150 SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
RICHARniA ALIiO MACUI-ATA. 
SCOPIiGCARFUS foetidus. 35 cents. 
STRATIOTES aloides. The Water Aloe or Water 
Soldier. A fine and most peculiar plant, resembling a 
pine-apple in foliage. Grows very rapidly, and should 
be planted sparingly, as it is apt to monopolize an 
aquatic tank unless restrained. .50 cents. 
ISAXIA dealbata. A grand water plant from Florida, 
with cauua-like leaves; bears small purple flowers. 
50 cents. 
TBILLITTM grandiflorum. The ' Wake Robin." An 
excellent hardy plant with large white flowers ; fine 
for the hardy border in a shady situation, but also does 
very well and flowers freely in a sub-aquatic position. 
One of our best native flowering plants, and much ad- 
mired. See cut, page 149. 25 to ,50 cents. 
TTPHA. The well-known "Bullrushes." Free-grow- 
ing hardy marsh plants of much decorative value ; no 
other plant, however rare, will give the same unique 
effect as this. 
T. angustifolium. A smaller form $0 25 
T. latifolia. The ordinary " Cat-o'-nine-Tails" . 25 
VAIiLISNEBIA spiralis. A very interesting floating 
plant, much used in aquariums. 35 cents. 
VERBESIXA, Fine decorative plants. See page 133. 
V. alata SO 50 
V, gigantea 50 
VERATRUra. Very fine plants with large leaves and 
interesting flowers; hardy, and fine for marshy places. 
V. album. The white Hellebore ; whitish flowers SO 50 
V. nigrum. Very dai'k purple flowers 50 
V. viride 25 
VICTORIA regia. Truly the queen of water lilies. 
A magnificent and remarkable giant aquatic plant, 
needing a high temperature to develop its flowers, 
which are a foot or more in diameter, and very beauti- 
ful ; the leaves are also enormous, being four to six 
feet in diameter, laying flat on the water, with pecu- 
liar turned-up margins ; these gigantic leaves are sufH- 
cientl.\- buoyant on the water as to support the weight 
of a child of eight or ten years. This grand plant may 
be flowered out-doors in summer by anyone who can 
provide a tank in which the water can be kept at 80 
or .15 degrees. Plants, ^2 ; seeds, 25 cents each. 
VIIiLARSIA nymphseoides. See LimnayUhemum . 50 
cents. 
OUT-bOOR flQVlflTIQ TrtNKS. 
It should be noted that all those marsh plants or Aquatics which are hardy can be left out in the basin or tank, 
covered with leaves and litter, which preserves the plants as well as the tank or basin, in which no water should be 
left during winter. All those which are not hardy can be kept over winter in small tubs, in the greenhouse under 
the stages, or in some similar place where not much room is wasted with them, and they can be kept at a tempera- 
ture above freezing. 
