Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass.—Aquatic Plants 
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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 1 to 6 feet of water. 
Leaves entire, floating, 1 to 3 inches broad, greenish or purplish. Flowers small, 
dull purple, appearing on the water’s surface. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz. 
LIMNANTHEMUM lacunosum (Floating Heart). A pretty little aquatic, with 
blotched leaves and white flowers all summer. Plant in water 2 to 5 feet deep. 10 
cts. each, $1.00 per doz. 
NASTURTIUM officinale (Hardy Eng¬ 
lish Water Cress). A well-known hardy 
perennial aquatic, easily grown in any 
stream. Flowers white. 8 cts. each, 
75 cts. per doz. 
N U P H A R ad vena (Common Yellow 
Lily). Has large leaves and single yellow 
flowers through the summer. Found in 
still water, 2 to 5 feet deep. Easily 
grown and exceedingly ornamental and 
satisfactory. 20 cts. each, $2.00 per 
doz.; by express, $1.50. 
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 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 feet, or 
below frost. They are very easy to 
establish. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
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. 
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. 
Calopogon pulchellus (see page 61) 
