. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 274 IFUBiRTADREERWILADELPHlA^^ WATER jffig AQUtfficTft^. Miscellaneous Aquatics -Continued Limnocharis Humboldti (Water Poppy) *Pontederia Cordata {Pickerel Weed). A free flowering plant, growing about 2 feet high; spikes of closely-set blue flowers. (See cut.) 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Salvinia Braziliensis. See Aqua- rium plants, page 272. Sagittaria Montevidlensis (Giant Arrow/lead). Attains gigantic pro- p
. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 274 IFUBiRTADREERWILADELPHlA^^ WATER jffig AQUtfficTft^. Miscellaneous Aquatics -Continued Limnocharis Humboldti (Water Poppy) *Pontederia Cordata {Pickerel Weed). A free flowering plant, growing about 2 feet high; spikes of closely-set blue flowers. (See cut.) 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Salvinia Braziliensis. See Aqua- rium plants, page 272. Sagittaria Montevidlensis (Giant Arrow/lead). Attains gigantic pro- portions, 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 mar- gins or tub cultivation. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. *— Japonica FI. 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 1\ feet high; leaves heart- shaped; fragrant white flowers. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. *Scirpus TabernEemontani Zebrlna ing 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. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. *Thalia dealbata. In this stately semi-aquatic we have a fitting companion for Cyperus Papyrus, The Canna-like leaves borne on tall slender stems wave with the slightest breeze, and the flowers, which are of a deep plum purple, held well above the foliage, make this one of the most ornamental plants for mar- ginal planting or as a specimen for the centre of a pool. Strong plants, 50 cts. each. Trapa Natans (Water Chestnut or Water Caltrops). An aquatic annual, producing white flowers with purple claws, floating on the surface ot the water. Ready May 15th. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. *'fypha Latlfolia. The well-known Cat
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