2 BULLETIX 465, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
potato and wapato), chufa, wild millet, and waterlilies (especially 
the banana waterlily). 1 The kinds of foods that can be recommended 
for propagation must practically be restricted to those already on 
the market. This fact has controlled the selection of the varieties 
discussed in previous publications. It is highly desirable that deal- 
ers increase the scope of their stock so that persons interested may 
obtain seeds or other parts necessary for the propagation of addi- 
tional kinds, a number of which are just as valuable as food for 
wild ducks as some now offered for sale. The best of these are 
shown in Table I. 
Table I. — Wild-duck foods not at present on the market. 
No. 
Common name. 
Scientific name. 
General range. 
Local conditions. 
Bur reed 
Do 
Pondweed 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Western •widgeon-grass 
Horned pondweed 
Bushy pondweed. 
Arrowhead 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Grass 
Switch grass 
Salt-marsh grass.. 
Cord grass 
Do 
Meadow grass . 
Bulrush 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Saw grass 
Sedge 
Wampee 3 
Pickerel weeds. 
Sparganium eurycarpum... 
Sparganium angustifolium. 
Potamogeton heterophyUus. . 
Potamogeton pusillus 
Potamogeton filiformis 
Potamogeton interior 
Euppia occidentalis 
Zannichellia palustris 
Kaias flexilis 
Sagittaria longiloba 
Sagittaria rigida 
Sagittaria teres 
Sagittaria graminea . . . 
Sagittaria papulosa . . . 
Panicu m condensu m . . 
Panicum virgatu m 
Spartina cynosuroides. 
Spartina micJiauxiana. 
Spartina gracilis 
Panicularia nervata. 
Scirpus americanus. 
Scirpus validus 
Scirpus occidentalis . 
Scirpus paludosus. . 
Scirpus robustus 
Scirpus Jluviatilis. . . 
Scirpus cubensis 
Cladium effusum . . . 
Caret decomposita . . 
Peltandra virginica.. 
Poutederia cordata . . 
United States 
Northern States 
Northern Hemisphere. 
....do 
Northern States 
Western States 
do 
Cosmopolitan 
Northern Hemisphere. 
Western States 
Northern States 
Atlantic coast 
Eastern States 
Gulf States 
Marshes. 
Quiet water. 2 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Saline lakes. 
Fresh or brackish 
water. 
Quiet water. 
Shallow water. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Eastern States Swamps. 
United States . . 
Atlantic coast. . 
Eastern States. 
Western States. 
United States . . 
Cosmopolitan.. 
North America 
United States 
....do.... 
Atlantic coast 
Northern States 
Gulf States 
Southeastern States . . 
Eastern States 
....do 
....do 
Wet soil. 
Salt marshes. 
Fresh or brackish 
marshes. 
Saline soil. 
Wet soil. 
Fresh or brackish 
marshes. 
Shallow water. 
Do. 
Salt marshes. 
Do. 
Shallow water. 
Swamps. 
Coast marshes. 
Swamps. 
Shallow water 
Do. 
1 Other plants are included in Department Bulletin No. 205 (25 p., 23 figs.), as fol- 
lows : Musk grass, duckweeds, frogbit, thalia. water elm, swamp privet, eelgrass, widgeon- 
grass, watercress, waterweed, and coontail. 
2 Where not specified, fresh water is to be understood. 
3 This plant now on sale by some dealers. 
