THREE SPRINGS FISHERIES 
LILYPONS 
Aquatic Plants 
With your water lilies you will need other plants. Surely 
oxygenating or under-the-water plants; the shallow water pi 
for margins or borders. We do not attempt to list them all an 
Floating Plants 
WATER HYACINTH. A very showy, interesting floating 
plant. Glossy green leaves. Flowers are borne on a stem 
about one foot high. Six to eight flowers in a spike. 
Flowers are pale blue. Killed by frost and should be 
treated as an annual. 
Price, 50c for 6; $1.00 per dozen. 
WATER POPPY. A very small plant producing large 
yellow poppy flowers. Its roots should be planted in the 
soil. 50c for 4; $1.25 per dozen. 
WATER LETTUCE (Shell Flower). A very ornamental 
aquatic plant. Floats on the surface and is four to six 
inches across. It likes the shade. It has blue green fluted 
leaves. Killed by frost. 50c for 3; $1.50 per dozen. 
Oxygenating Plants 
ANACHARIS. A rapid grower. Desirable for pools, tubs 
and aquariums. 
Price, 6 bunches for 50c; $1.00 per dozen bunches. 
CABOMBA. A splendid oxygenating plant; a rapid grower, 
roots easily and splendid for fish to spawn on. 
Price, 6 bunches for 50c; $1.00 per dozen bunches. 
MYRIOPHYLLUM. We sell only the red-stemmed. This 
is probably the best of all for goldfish spawning. 
Price, 6 bunches for 50c; $1.00 per dozen bunches. 
POTAMOGETON. A plant which grows to the top of 
the water but never above it. 
I’rice, 6 bunches for 50c; $1.00 per dozen bunches. 
CABOMBA 
the Lotus and then other aquatics. We have the floating; the 
ants; the marsh plants; the ferns and the perennial plants; 
(1 thereby confuse you, but we do list the best of each. 
WATER HYACINTH 
Shallow Water Plants 
ARROW'-HEAD (Giant). We have seen many of these, 
but we have yet to see any so large and thrifty as grow 
in our gardens. A hardy plant from 1 to 3 feet producing 
large spikes of white flowers. 
50c each; 4 for $1.00; $2.50 per dozen. 
COMMON CATTAIL. A favorite native swamp plant. 
Easy to grow and ornamental. Hardy. 
6 for .50c; $1.00 per dozen. 
PARROT FEATHER. A rapid grower with feathery 
green stems. Hardy. 6 for 50c; $1.00 per dozen. 
WATER PLANTAIN. A plant along the edge in shallow 
water with heart-shaped leaves. Has tall branching spikes 
of white flowers. Hardy. 6 for $1.00; $1.50 per dozen. 
CALAMUS. Grows to a height of 2 to 3 feet and has 
lance-shaped leaves. Its root is much admired for its 
flavor as well as its medicinal qualities. Hardy. 
6 for $1.00; $1.50 per dozen. 
PICKEREL RUSH. This is a fine native aquatic plant. 
The flowers are blue, borne on a close set spike. It is 
free blooming, and is a very useful plant in shallow watei 
at the edge of the pond, one of the best shallow water 
plants. Hardy. 3 for 50c; $2.50 per dozen. 
SAGITTARIA. This is a very valuable plant. The leaves 
are broad sagittate. The flowers are pure white. It has a 
luxuriant growth at the margin of ponds or streams. It 
is also used in the aquarium. Hardy. 
6 for 50c; $1.00 per dozen. 
MARSH MARIGOLD. This plant is especially adapted 
for moist wet ground or around the edge of the pool. It 
has clusters of large bright yellow flowers which are borne 
freely early in the spring. It is one of the most attractive 
of our native plants. Hardy. 
4 for 75c; $1.00 per dozen. 
