. Aquatic Plants for Aquariums There is a rapidly growing interest in the culture of fancy fish and aquatic plants in aquariums, and it is doubtful if anything is more fascinating to the young as well as to the older members of the household than to watch the development of animal and plant life in the Aquaria. It is absolutely essential for the welfare of the fish that sufficient plants be grown in the Aquarium to supply them with air. The list of plants offered below are the best known oxygenators, and there should be at least one plant to every two gallons of water. For full details of mana
. Aquatic Plants for Aquariums There is a rapidly growing interest in the culture of fancy fish and aquatic plants in aquariums, and it is doubtful if anything is more fascinating to the young as well as to the older members of the household than to watch the development of animal and plant life in the Aquaria. It is absolutely essential for the welfare of the fish that sufficient plants be grown in the Aquarium to supply them with air. The list of plants offered below are the best known oxygenators, and there should be at least one plant to every two gallons of water. For full details of management we recommend the book, The Amateur Aquarist, a very practical work. Price, $, postpaid. Anacharis Canadensis Gigantea {Giant Water Weed). A beautiful submerged plant with dark green ovate leaves and light stems, of quick growth. The best oxygenator and a splendid aquarium plant. 15 cts. each ; $1 50 per doz. Cabomba Viridifolia ( Washington Grass). A pretty and popular sub- merged plant; leaves brilliant, glossy green, fan shaped, regularly cut and more beautiful than the most delicate fern. 10 cts. per bunch; $ per doz. Pot plants, 25 cts. each. Eichhornia Crassipes Hajor ( Water Hyacinth). A very showy floating aquatic, bearing flowers of a delicate t lilac-rose in trusses like a Hyacinth. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Limnocharis Humboldt! (The Water Poppy). A pretty little aquatic, with floating leaves, and yellow, pop- py-like flowers. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Ludwigia riuEerttii. A submerged plant; the small ovate leaves of a dark glossy green above, bright red underneath, a good oxygenator and very ornamental. Pot plants, 25 cts. each ; $ per doz. Myriophyllum Proserpinacoides {Parrot's Feather). Long, trailing stems, clothed with whorls of the most exquisite foliage, as delicate as the Cypress Vine. Planted in water-tight hanging-basket, so water Can be kept standing on the surface, it will trail finely. 10 cts. each ; $ per doz. Salvinia Brazi
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