
Cat-tail 

Pickerel Rush 

Water Hyacinth 
SHALLOW WATER<««¢BOG PLANTS 
NATURAL POND contains many other aquatic plants besides Water Lilies. 
Wise gardeners imitate 
Nature, combining Shallow Water and Bog Plants with their Water Lilies to give variety and beauty of 
effect. Floating Plants have an especially wide range. They may be used in the shallowest and deepest pools. 
Butterfly Lily. Tall, canna-like plant, bear- 
ing large white or yellow flowers. 25¢ 
each. 
Cat-tail. A favorite native swamp plant. 
15¢ each; $1.00 Sead 
Floating Heart. Leav 5 resemble miniature 
Water Lilies. Bright yellow blossoms. 
4 for 50c; $1.25 per doz. 
Forget-me-not. For edging pool. Clear 
blue flowers with yellow eye. 15c¢ each; 
$1.25 per doz. 
Giant Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia). 
Large arrow-shaped leaves and white 
flowers of good size. 25c¢ each; 3 for 
65c. 
Green Taro (Colocasia indica). A bright 
green ornamental pool-edge plant. 30c 
each; 3 for 75c. 
Imperial Taro (Colocasia antiquorum illus 
tris). Violet and blotched brown leaves. 
50c each. 
Iris Pseudacorus (Yellow Flag). Very 
hardy. 3 for 65c; $1.75 per doz. 
Iris Versicolor (Blue Flag). Native Amer- 
ican species. 3 for 65c; $1.75 per doz. 
Japanese Taro (Violet Stem Taro). Beau- 
tiful blue-green leaf and violet stems. 
50c each. 
Lobelia Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). A 
decorative native plant with broad leaves 
and spikes of fiery red flowers. Height 
2 feet. 30c each; 3 for 75c. 
Papyrus (Egyptian Paper Plant). Grows 
in shallow water, attaining height of 
from 95 to 8 ft. 30c each; 3 for 75c. 
Parrot Feather. Excellent for trailing over 
fountain, or planting at base of taller 
plants. Feathery parrot-green tendrils 
spread into a carpet. 3 for 25c; 90c per 
doz. 
Pickerel Rush. Broad, flat leaves with pret- 
ty flowers. Height 2 feet. 25c each; 3 
for 65c. 
Primrose Willow. Slim, graceful plants 
with bright yellow blossoms. 30c each; 
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Umbrella Palm. Shallow pools or bogs. 
Very distinctive. 25c each; 3 for 65c. 
Variegated Sweet Flag. A long, graceful, 
swordlike leaf. 2 feet high. 35c each; 
3 for 90c. 
Water Hyacinth (Creeping). Plant in 
mud; it will grow to surface, then creep 
among Water Lily pads. Produces spikes 
of pale blue flowers. 40c each; 3 for 
$1.00. 
Water Hyacinth (Floating). A floating 
plant bearing pale blue flowers on Hya- 
cinth-like spikes. 10c each; 3 for 25c. 
Water Plantain. Pretty heart-shaped leaves 
about a foot out of water. 10c each; 3 
for 25c. 
Water Poppy. Leaves float on water. Flow- 
ers resemble yellow California Poppies. 
Almost everblooming. 10c each; 3 for 
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FLOATING PLANTS 
These plants add greatly to the interest 
of a pool. Some of them produce beauti- 
ful flowers. 
Duck Weed. A small hardy plant; the 
rootlets make tender lunches for gold- 
fish. 20c per portion. 
Salvinia. Small, soft green leaves, growing 
in chain. 25c¢ per portion. 
Shell Flower (Water Lettuce). Blue-green 
fluted leaves growing in rosette forma- 
tion. 15c each; 4 for 50c; $1.10 per doz. 
Water Fern. A real fern with foliage re- 
sembling garden lettuce. Leaf-propagat- 
ing. 5 for 50c; $1.10 per doz. 
Water Snowflake. Dainty white flowers. 
Leaf-propagating. 3 for 25c. 

Special Collections 
of Shallow Water 
and Bog Plants 
No. 1—FOR MINIATURE POOL 
2 x 4 ft., $1.20 
1 Pickerel Rush 1 Umbrella Palm 
1 Arrowhead 3 Water Hyacinths 
3 Cat-tails 3 Oxygenating Plants 
No. 2—FOR SMALL POOL 
4x 6 ft., $2.75 
2 Umbrella Palms 3 Water Hyacinths 
1 Green Taro 1 Shell Flower 
1 Pickerel Rush 2 Oxygenating 
1 Cat-tail Plants 
1 Papyrus 2 Iris Versicolor 
1 Arrowhead 2 Yellow Flag 
1 Jap Taro 
No. 3—FOR POOL OF MEDIUM 
SIZE 
6x 9 or 7 x 10 ft., $4.50 
2 Umbrella Palms 2 Cat-tails 
1 Papyrus 3 Shell Flowers 
2 Iris Pseudacorus 2 Floating Hearts 
1 Green Taro 2 Water Poppies 
2 Arrowheads 5 Oxygenating Plant 
3 Pickerel Rush 1 Duck Weed 
5 Water Hyacinths! Water Fern 
1 Jap Taro 1 Iris Versicolor 
Aquatic Plants for the Outdoor Pool and Indoor Aquarium 
All toc Plants, 3 for 25c; 9Oc per dozen 
The plants listed below may be used either in the outdoor pool 
or the indoor aquarium. Many of these, marked with an asterisk 
(*), are Oxygenating Plants. This group is indispensable to the 
balanced water garden or indoor aquarium. Oxygenating Plants 
absorb impurities from the water and liberate life-sustaining oxy- 
gen. It 1s not necessary to change the water if the pool contains 
a proper percentage of Oxygenating Plants. 
Green Ludwigia /......... $0.10 
* Giant Anachatis). ee 10 
*English Pigmy Anacharis ..  .10 
Bacopia tate waive: stare cease sae 10 
eCabombagencacts ates .10 
Green Myriophyllum ...... 10 
*Ttalian Vallisneria. Doz., 25c 
*Sagittaria Sinensis >. ./..-.. 05 
*Sagittaria, Broadleaf ....... .05 
*Spatterdock, American .... .10. 
*Spatterdock, Japanese ...... $0.10 
Creeping Charlie Moneywort .10 
Waters Sprites. yet eee .10 
Cryptocoryne Cordata. Wide 
red and blue leaves ..... 50 
Cryptocoryne Willisi. Large 
pointed Jéavesy- ant. rein 2) 
Cryptocoryne Griffithi. Broad 
red and green leaves .... .50 
Plants marked with asterisk (**) 
are Oxygenating Plants. 


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