Nit. Plant. 
WATER CHESTNUT. 
(Trapa nalans.) 
The Wafer Chestnut is cultivated more particularly for its eatable nuts, and handsome rosettes of 
delta-shaped leaves, than for the beamy of its flowers. The fruit contains a kernel of an agreeable 
taste,similar to that of the chestnut. In the central and western portions of France, it is cultivated, to 
a great extent, for this purpose, and eaten either baked or boiled. If is of very easy culture in ponds or 
tanks, it being only necessary to throw the seeds into the water. The seeds mu&be planted in spring 
or fall. The plants llower in Julv and August; and the nuts form soon after : thosede-tied for use should 
be gathered as soon as ripe, as they detach themselves soon, and fall to the bottom of the pond. It is 
an annual, but only requires to be planted once, alter which it propagate.-' itself freely from :*elf-sown 
seed, flie great facility and ease with which it may be cultivated will also render it an interesting 
plant for aquariums or for growing with other aquatic plants in the greenhouse or conservatory. One 
seed 20 cents; per dozen $2 00. 
CONTENTS. 
"A OK. 
Amaryllis Formosis.-imu. 112 
Agricultural Seeds, iiiQuamity. 105 
Aunuals, Sowing and Cultivation of. 3 
Begonias, New Tuberous-rooted IDbrids .... 113' 
Biennials and Perennials, ( ulture of.i ... . . . 0 
Bird Seeds. KM 
Bulbs, Slimmer-flowering. . 10 ,s 
Bocconia Japouica... . 3 12 . 
Cabbage Seeds. SO 
Cnladium Ksculentum.. 113 
f’annas.28, 112 
Carbolic Purifying Powder. 120 
Champion Puiup ... . 114 
Charter Oak Lawn Mowt r. 118 
Collections of Flower Seeds by Mail. 12 
Collections of French and German Flower 
Seeds..si, 326 
Collection of Vegetable Seeds. 100 
Clover Seeds. 107 
Culinary Hoofs, Plants, &c. 107 
Culinary llerbs. 104 
Cuba Bass. 120 
Dahlia-Poles and Garden-Stakes. 117 
Dr. Grad’s Indelible Ink. 120 
Excelsior Lawn-Mower . 117 
Flower Seeds. 13 
Flower Gardens, Plans of. 8 
Fruit Seeds. 107 
Fertilizers (cover). 3, 120 
Gishurst Compound for destroying Insects .... 120 
Grafting Wax. 120 
Ground Bone (cover). 3 
Garden Requirements. 120 
Gladiolus Collections .. 108 
Gladiolus, Mixed Varieties. 108 
Gladiolus, General Collection . 108, 100 
Great Inducement for the forming of Clubs... 12 
Grain and Grass Seeds . 107 
Hotbeds, Preparation of. 7 
Herbaceous Paunios. 112, 
Horticultural Imp ements. 114 
Horticultural and Farm Books (cover). 2 
Introductory. 2 
Ladies* and Children’s Garden 'fools. 119, 
Lathyrus Tuberosa... . 112 
Lawn Grass. 107 
Lilies, Japan. Ill 
LiliumAuratum .. Ill 
Mushroom .Spawn. 95 
.Madeira V in,. ... . . 112 
New and Select Vegetables.. 133 
New French and German Aste rs.-126, 128 
Norwood Prolife Kaspbeuy mover). 3 
Novelties for 1.875. 123 
New and Select Flower seed.-.. 127 
Noyes’Hand Weeder .. lit) 
<)rnamental Tree Seeds .. 107 
Ornamental Graces. 79 
Peas, New Varieties.. 137 
Patent Tanned Garden Netting. 120 
Patent Plant Atomizer (cover). 3 
Peruvian Guano (cover) . * 3 
Philadelphia Lawn-Mower. 118 
Potatoes for Seed ..90, 137 
Potatoes, New Varieties.. 99 
Rustic Baskets. 120 
Russia Mats. 120 
Seeds of Palms...32, 324 
Seeds, Bulbs, &c., by mail . 11 
Seeds for Hedges ... .. . .... 107 
Special Directions for Cultivation of Flowers.. 6 
Sulphur Bellows (cover). 3 
Strawberry Seeds. .. 107 
Saynor's Pruning Knives. 114 
Syringes... . 114, 115 
Tree Seeds . 107 
Tobacco Seed . 104 
Trellises, Pot, Plant, and Garden . 116 
Tritomas. 112 
Tigridias, or Tiger-Flowers .. ill 
Tuberoses . ... Ill 
Vallota Purpurea Suberba . Ii2 
Vegetable. Seeds, Select List of. 83 
Veranda Trellises . 117 
Vine Protectors. 119 
Water Chestnut (cover).... 4 
Whale-Oil Soap . 120 
Yucca Filamentosa . 110 
