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SPIKERUSH (Eleocharis palustris) 
Grows 1 to 2 ft. high, in marshy, muddy places, 
mud or sand bottom, few inches water. Wild ducks 
and geese feed on it. Plant 1200 clumps per acre. 
PLANTS—clumps, 1000, $28; 300, $11; 100, $4.00. 
RICE CUTGRASS (Leerzia oryzoides) 
Top-notch duck food for areas subject to floods 
and drought. Mallards, Pintails, Teal and other 
ducks feed eagerly on seeds (grains) and root- 
stocks. Grows about 2 ft. high on rich, moist soil 
in bottom lands of rivers, marshes, swamps. May- 
June delivery. PLANTS, clumps 1000, $35; 300, 
$12; 100, $5.00. 
BUTTON BUSH (Celphalanthus occidentalis) 
Excellent food for Mallards and upland game 
birds. Plant along edges of ponds, streams, 
Marshes ede) Od 5 2100. .5105 1053.50, 
SPARTINA (Cord Grass) 
Fine cover and blinds, also providing some food 
for°ducks;  Plant*1500 roots per “acre, in. marshy 
meadows, salt marshes, along dikes, bank. Good 
cover for Pheasants. ROOTS, 1000, $30;- 300, $11; 
100, $4.00. 

Fall ! 

FALSE BITTERSWEET 
(Solanum dulcamara) 
Excelent food for wild ducks, pheasant, wood- 
cock, snipe. Grows on moist or dry soil, stream 
banks, swales, bogs, watersides. Ornamental— 
attractive purple flowers, red berries. ROOTS, 
LOU ey Dever o ss pose 10) $3.00) 
MARSH MALLOW (Hibiscus) 
Its seeds eagerly eaten by Mallards, Pintails and 
other ducks. Withstands floods, carp. Plant 2 to 
4 ft. apart in moist soil, shallow water, uplands 
having moisture. ROOTS, 100, $8; 10, $2.00. 
WATER CRESS 
Excellent food for wild duck, and for you too 
(in salads or sandwiches). Ducks hang around 
streams where Water Cress grows (remains green 
all winter where waters do not freeze over) feed- 
ing on Water Cress, when other feeding grounds 
atesirozcusovermer LAN LS, $5 per bu; 5 bt. 
(plants 1 acre) $15.00. 
Giant Wild Rice Brings in the Ducks! 
One of the most famous and best known of the 
natural foods for wild ducks is the Wild Rice. 
Matards:Pintails; - Black: -Ducks,” “Teal; -Wild 
Canada Geese and other waterfowl fly hundreds of 
miles to beds of Wild Rice, where they feast 
eagerly. on the ripened grain. Excellent cover. 
Giant Wild Rice grows in a few inches to 2% 
ft. fresh water, with sufficient change to prevent 
stagnancy, on mud or muck bottom. Do not plant 
it south of the Mason-Dixon line. 
Large, fully-ripened seed of high germination. 
$24 per bu. (sows 1 acre); $6.50 per pk.; small lots 
95c per lb. Young plants, (plant 150 per acre). 
1000, $15; 300, $6; 100, $2.50. 



Giant Wild Rice 
Flower, Leaf and Seed Head 
Sprouted Seeds : 
Showing High Germination 

