Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 Sagittaria Japonica Fl. Pl. Aponogeton Distachyon. * Orontium Aquatlcum Beautiful, velvety green leaves on the upper surface, and a bright silvery-white color on the back; flowers small, yellow, 15 cts. each; $ per doz. * Peltandra Virginica ( Water Arum), Leaves something like a Calla in outline, with greenish flowers, growing a foot or more out of the water. 15 cts, each; $ per doz. Pistia Stratiotes (Water Lettuce). A floating aquatic; forms arosette of
Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 Sagittaria Japonica Fl. Pl. Aponogeton Distachyon. * Orontium Aquatlcum Beautiful, velvety green leaves on the upper surface, and a bright silvery-white color on the back; flowers small, yellow, 15 cts. each; $ per doz. * Peltandra Virginica ( Water Arum), Leaves something like a Calla in outline, with greenish flowers, growing a foot or more out of the water. 15 cts, each; $ per doz. Pistia Stratiotes (Water Lettuce). A floating aquatic; forms arosette of light green velvety leaves. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. * Pontederia Cordata (Pickerel Weed). A free-flowering plant, growing about two feet high, and producing spikes of closely-set blue flowers, 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Sagittaria Montevidiensis (Giant Arrowhead). Attains gigantic proportions, growing 4 to 5 feet high; leaves 15 inches long; flower- scape towers above the foliage, bearing white flowers with dark blotch at base of each petal, suitable for margins or tub cultivation. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. * — Japonica Fl. PI. The double-flowering arrowhead; very desirable for planting in tubs or on margins of ponds and streams. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. * Saururus Cernuus (Lizard's Tail). A desirable plant for mar- gins; 2 to feet high; leaves heart-shaped; fragrant white flowers. 20 cts. each; per doz. * Scirpus Tabernaemontana Zebrina. A very ornamental hardy rush, growing 3 to 4 feet high, producing leaves variegated, with alternate bands of green and pure white. It may be grown as an aquatic, or as a garden or window plant. 25 cts, each; $ per doz. * Typha Latifolia. The well-known Cat Tail; very desirable for the water garden. 15 cts. each; $1,50 per doz. * Zizania Aquatica ( Wild Bice). This native aquatic annual is very ornamental; its graceful panicles of bloom are produced on stalks 5 to 10 feet high; should be grown in shallow water. 10
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