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Hdlvard Gillett, Southlvick, Tiass. — 'Bog Garden 
A colony of Cypripedium speclabile in our bog 
Aquatic Plants 
Plants grown in water 2 to 3 feet below the surface; always below the frost-line. 
BRASENIA peltata (Water Shield). An aquatic growing in r to 6 feet of water. Leaves entire, 
floating, I to 3 inches broad, greenish or purplish. Plowers small, dull purple, appearing 
on the water’s surface. 10 cts. each, $r per doz. 
LIMNANTHEMUM lacunosum (Floating Heart). A pretty little aquatic, with hlotched leaves 
and white flowers all summer, i’lant in water 2 to 5'fcct deep. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
NASTURTIUM officinale (Hardy English Water Cress). .'\ well-known hardj' perennial aquatic, 
easily grown in any stream. P'lowers white. 8 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
NUPHAR advena (Common Yellow Lily). Has large leaves and single yellow flowers through 
the summer. Found in still water, 2 to 5 feet deep. Ka.sily grown and exceedingly orna¬ 
mental and satisfactory. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz.; by express. Si.50. 
NYMPH.®A 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 mav 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 feet, or below frost, d'hey 
are very easy to establish. 25 cts. 
each, Si. 50 per doz. 
PELTANDRA Virginica(Water .'\rum) 
Leaves on long petioles, some¬ 
times like a calla in outline, with 
greenish flowers, growing a fool 
or more out of the water. Plant 
in water, a foot deep in mud. 15 
cts. each, $1.2?; per doz. 
PONTEDERIA cordata (Pickerel 
Weed). Flowers ];luc; grows in 
water about a fool deep; quite 
often in sand, in ponds or slow 
streams. Flowerssmall but numer 
ous, raised 8 to 12 inches above 
the water. Common throughout 
New England. For massing, plant 
18 inches apart. 25 cts. each, $2 
per doz.; by express, $1.50 per doz. 
