. 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. 63 The Frog-bit {Sydrocharis morsus-rance) is a very pretty and suitable plant for the aquarium (Fig. 45). It is easily cultivated and very hardy. Its beautifuUy-veine^ leaves, on rather long stalks, are kidney-shaped, /and its. three-petaUed flowers are white; and when seen in masses upon the surface of. Fig. 45. Frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ban^). som
. 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. 63 The Frog-bit {Sydrocharis morsus-rance) is a very pretty and suitable plant for the aquarium (Fig. 45). It is easily cultivated and very hardy. Its beautifuUy-veine^ leaves, on rather long stalks, are kidney-shaped, /and its. three-petaUed flowers are white; and when seen in masses upon the surface of. Fig. 45. Frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ban^). some pond, it will be readily conceded that the plant has been well named Hydrocharis (a beautiful aquatic). The Frog- bit is a floating plant, its roots never entering the soil. Like Vallisneria spiralis, it sends out runners; but these, instead of taking root, put forth small buds, soon to develop into new. 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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