. Fresh-water aquaria: their construction, arrangement, and management, with full information as to the best water-plants and live stock to be kept, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep them in health. Aquariums. WATEE-PLANTS. 83 The Branched Bttr-reed [Sparganium ramosum) (Fig. 62) is omamental in a large tank. Its fruit, which resembles burs, and its long wavy leaves, cause it to be readily recognised. The flowers grow on long, branched stalks, which sometimes rise. Fig. 52. Branched Bur-keed (Sparganium ramosum). as high as 3ft. above the water. It should be-planted in a pot contai
. Fresh-water aquaria: their construction, arrangement, and management, with full information as to the best water-plants and live stock to be kept, how and where to obtain them, and how to keep them in health. Aquariums. WATEE-PLANTS. 83 The Branched Bttr-reed [Sparganium ramosum) (Fig. 62) is omamental in a large tank. Its fruit, which resembles burs, and its long wavy leaves, cause it to be readily recognised. The flowers grow on long, branched stalks, which sometimes rise. Fig. 52. Branched Bur-keed (Sparganium ramosum). as high as 3ft. above the water. It should be-planted in a pot containing loam. The Sweet Flag {Acorus Calamus) (Fig. 63) is an interesting plant, and may be grown in a pot immersed in the water of an aquarium, where it will be omamental. It is something like G 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bateman, Gregory Climenson. London, L. U. Gill
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