Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 
AQUATIC PLANTS 49 
AQUATIC PLANTS 
Plants grown in water 2 to 3 feet below the surface; always below the frost-line. 
Aquatic Plants, 25 cts. each, $1.50 for 10, $12 per 100, unless otherwise noted 
BRASENIA 
peltata (Water Shielclj. Native. An 
aquatic growing in 1 to 6 feet of water. 
Leaves entire, Iloating, 1 to 3 inches 
broad, greenish or purplish. Flowers 
small, dull purple, appearing on the 
water’s surface. 20 cts. each, $1.25 
for 10, $10 per 100. 
LIMNANTHEMUM 
lacunosum (Floating Heart). Native. A 
jretty little aquatic, with blotched 
eaves and white flowers all summer. 
Plant in water 2 to 5 feet deep. 20 cts. 
each, $1.25 for 10, $10 jjcr 100. 
NASTURTIUM 
officinale (Hardy English Water-Cress). 
Native. A well-known hardy perennial 
aquatic, easily grown in any stream. 
Flowers white. 15 cts. each, $1 for 10, 
$8 per 100. 
NUPHAR 
advena (Common Yellow Lily). Native. 
Has large leaves and single yellow flow¬ 
ers through the summer. Found in still 
water, 2 to 5 feet deej). Easily grown. 
NYMPH/EA 
odorata (Sweet-scented Water Lily). Na¬ 
tive. \\ here no pond or slow-flowing 
stream is near at hand, the plant may 
be grown in a large tub partly filled with 
rich mud or clay, the roots planted in 
this and the tub filled with water. F'or 
planting in a lake, a stone can be tied to 
the root and thrown to the place where 
they are to be grown, or pressed into 
the mud with a stick. Plant in water 
2 to 5 feet, or below frost. 
PELTANDRA 
virginica (W'ater Arum). Native. Leaves 
on long petioles, sometimes like a calla 
in outline, with greenish flowers, grow¬ 
ing a foot or more out of the water. 
Plant in water, a foot deep in >nud. 
25 cts. each, $1.25 for 10, $8 per UJO. 
PONTEDERIA 
cordata ( Pickerel Weedj. Native. Flowers 
blue; grows in water about a foot dee[), 
quite often in sand, in ponds or slow 
streams. Flowers small but numerous, 
raised 8 to 12 inches above the water. 
For massing, plant 13^ feet apart. 
SHRUBS DESIRABLE FOR A WET PLACE 
These can be planted where it is Cjuite wet, or they will grow in any moist garden soil. 
Most of them are desirable for growing in masses. 
Andromeda polifolia, 1 ft. 
Azalea viscosa, 4 to 10 ft. 
Cassandra calyculata, 1 ft. 
Gaylussacia resinosa, 2 ft. 
Ilex verlicillata, 5 ft. 
Kalmia angustifolia, 1 ft. 
Kalmia glauca, 2 ft. 
Ledum latifolium, 1 ft. 
Nemopanthus canadensis, 4 ft. 
Pyrus arbutifolia, 5 ft. 
Rhodora canadensis, 2 ft. 
Vaccinium corymbosum, 5 to 10 it. 
