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Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass.—Aquatic Plants 
Scirpus atrovirens (see page 55) 
feet, or below frost. They are very easy 
per 100. 
(N.) NYMPHiEA odorata (Sweet- 
scented Water Lily). This plant is too 
generally known to need description. Its 
large, fragrant white flowers are well 
worth the trouble required in growing 
them. Where 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. For 
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 
establish. 15 cts. each, SI.50 per doz., $7.50 
Nasturtium officinale, continued, 
easily grown in any stream. Flowers 
white. 8 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz., $4.00 
per 100. 
(N.) NUPHAR advena (Common Yel¬ 
low Lily). Has large leaves and single 
yellow flowers through the summer. 
Found in still water, 2 to 5 feet deep. 
Easily grown and exceedingly ornamen¬ 
tal and satisfactory. 20 cts. each, $2.00 
per doz., by express $1.50, $7.50 per 
100 . 
(N.) PELTANDRA Virginica (Water Arum). Leaves 
on long petioles, sometimes like a calla in outline, with greenish 
flowers, growing a foot or more out of the water. Plant in 
water, a foot deep in mud. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $6.00 
per 100. 
(N.) PONTEDERIA cordata (Pickerel Weed). Flowers blue; 
grows in water about a foot deep; quite often in sand, in ponds 
or slow streams. Flowers small but numerous, raised 8 to 12 
inches above the water. Common throughout New England. 
For massing, plant 18 inches apart. 20 cts. each, $2.00 per 
doz., by express, $1.50 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 
“N” before description of plants means they are native to the United States. 
