OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN 
Water Milfoil 
An excellent plant for fish 
ponds. Water Milfoil sup¬ 
ports numerous kinds of 
animal life which is food for 
the fish. It furnishes cover, 
also shades the under water 
and nurifies it, thereby, 
keeping: it cool and fresh 
during the hot summer. It 
is also of value as a water- 
fowl food. 
Widgeon Grass 
Redheads, bluebills and 
Canvasbacks feed upon the 
roots, seeds and leaves of 
Widgeon Grass. It is con¬ 
sidered the best Wild Duck 
Attraction for brackish 
waters. Mallards and other 
marsh ducks feed upon 
Widgeon Grass during low 
tide where it grows in bays 
and streams which are af¬ 
fected by tides. 
WHEN AND WHERE TO PLANT 
Water Milfoil plants are transplanted from April 
to October. It produces most satisfactorily in fresh 
waters from 3 to 9 feet in depth on a mud bottom 
in slow running streams or sheltered bays and coves. 
Widgeon Grass plants are also transplanted dur¬ 
ing spring and summer and is a brackish water 
plant. It grows in salt water but never in that of 
full ocean strength. It thrives in rivers affected by 
ocean tides. This plant grows in waters from 1 to 
10 feet in depth on a mud bottom. 
HOW TO PLANT 
Both the Water Milfoil and Widgeon Grass plants 
are planted by simply pushing the roots of the plant 
down into the mud with an oar or a paddle in two 
to six feet of water. 
Three bushels of plants to the acre. 
Price Water Milfoil Plants, $5.00 per Bushel. 
$4.00 per bu. in 10 bu. lots. 
Widgeon Grass Plants, $10.00 per bu. 
$8.00 per bu. in 10 bu. lots. 
Less special discount. 
Wisconsin Aquatic Nurseries 
Oshkosh, Wis. 
Dear Sirs: 
Enclosed please find check for Wild Rice Seed. I want to 
thank you for your promptness in getting your orders out and 
for the extra seeds and plants that you sent with my order of 
the 17th of April. Your firm surely lives up to their guar¬ 
antee about making good any order that is not satisfactory 
and in the future I can’t speak too highly of your fair and 
square dealings. 
Yours very truly, 
Signed: W. F. STEINBECK, 
1963 N. 5th St., 
Kansas City, Kansas 
Water Milfoil 
Widgeon 
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