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COVER PLANTS 
BURREED 
Is a valuable plant to have growing in your 
marsh. Seeds which resemble kernels of corn, 
shell from the large prickly burr during fall and 
are eagerly eaten by Marsh Ducks. 
Burreed grows from 8 to 5 feet in height and 
during early summer makes ideal nesting places 
for the Wild Ducks, also provides blinds for the 
hunter during fall. 
As a muskrat food, the Burreed is one of the three 
most important. Its young shoots and runners are 
tender and numerous, 
CATTAILS 
Cattails are hardy plants 
for wet soils and shallow 
waters. They offer excellent 
cover for wild ducks and pro- 
tection for other aquatic 
plants. These plants grow 
to be 5 to 7 feet high and 
make good blinds. Cattail 
Plants are very important as 
food and cover plants for 
muskrats, being tender and 
high in starch contents which 
helps produce a glossy coat. 
(See Illustration Page 27) 
Burreed Seed Head 
(Sparganium) 
REEDGRASS 
Makes the very best blinds 
for hunters. It grows from 
5 to 8 feet with numerous 
long narrow leaves, during 
late fall in the North, Wild 
Ducks will seek shelter from 
the cold winds among the} 
Reedgrass. It is also of im- 
portance for the Muskrat. 
WHERE AND HOW 
TO PLANT 
The Burreed, Cattail and Reedgrass grow best ona 
fairly rich soil either on wet lowlands or in waters 
from 1 to 18 inches in depth. The roots of these plants 
should be transplanted during May thru November. 
Slip on your boots, take a spade or digging shovel 
and a quantity of roots to the place you are going 
to plant. In the shallow waters about three feet 
apart, take up a shovel full of soil and place 1 root 
in each hole, then replace the soil and press it firmly 
into place with your boot. 
Price—Delivered 
Reedgrass (Phragmites) 
Burreed Roots ....... $35.00 per 1000, $4.50 per 100. 
Cattail Roots ........ $40.00 per 1000, $5.00 per 109. 
Reedgrass Roots ..... $38.00 per 1000, $5.00 per 190. 
Burreed Seed $1.25 per lb.; 5 lbs. @ $6.00. 
Shoveler or Spoonbill (Spatula Clypeata) 
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RIVER BULRUSH 
A very hardy and prolific plant for the prevention 
of erosion. Set the River Bulrush Roots out along the 
bank or the edge of earth dam where wave action is 
most destructive. It makes a network of fiberous 
roots and also makes excellent cover for wild ducks, 
its foliage reaching about 3 feet in height. Plant 
during spring or fall, 
Price—Delivered 
River Bulrush 
(Scirpus Fluyiatilis) 
Cattail Plant 
(Typha Latifolia) 
PLANTING PAYS OFF IN ALABAMA 
Huntsville, Alabama 
March 21, 1946 
Mr. W. O. Coon, Naturalist 
Game Food Nurseries, 
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 
Dear Mr. Coon: 
Last summer we planted 12 to 14 acres of your wild millet 
seed on our preserve and the results were a startling success. 
The ducks came in by the hundreds and we had a wonderful 
season. 
The increase was certainly ten fold. We had planned to follow 
the millet with smartweed this spring, but the millet was such 
a success that we are now thinking of replanting this same 
area with millet rather than take a chance with the smartweed. 
EDGAR DAVIS 
THREE-SQUARE RUSH 
(Scirpus Americanus) 
Of about 150 different rushes belonging to the 
Scirpus family, the Three-Square Rush is the most 
important wild duck food. It produces a sizable 
cluster of meaty seeds which the shallow water 
ducks are very fond of. It also makes good blinds 
for the hunter. Three-Square Rush gets it name 
from the three-sided or triangle-shaped stock. 
The Three-Square Rush grows well on sandy soils 
on lake margins or along streams. It grows in 
marshes and firm rich soils as well as sand. Just wet 
soils at the water’s edge are ideal, or in waters to 
one foot in depth, never 
deeper. It grows in either 
fresh water areas or in 
brackish or moderately al- 
kaline places. In ordering 
specify for salt, or fresh 
waters. ’ 
Seeds or tubers of the 
Three Square Rush may be 
planted during the fall or 
spring months. Planting 
instructions furnished. 
Price—Delivered 
Three Square Rush Seeds 
$1.75 per pound; Tubers 
$5.50 per 100, $20.00 per 
500, $39.00 per 1000. 
Three-Square Rush 
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