. The Game breeder . green andof practically the same width (anywherefrom one-fourth to three-fourths of aninch) from root to tip. Of course theleaves are narrowed near the tip and maybe somewhat serrate or wavy marginedthere. But they are never expanded andthe venation is peculiar. A leaf held up tothe light displays numerous straight par-allel fine veins running its whole are, besides, one median and twolateral prominent veins connected at in-tervals by irregular cross veinlets. (Seefig. 7.) Wild celery may be dis-tinguished from eelgrass (Zostera mar- ina), which lives in brack
. The Game breeder . green andof practically the same width (anywherefrom one-fourth to three-fourths of aninch) from root to tip. Of course theleaves are narrowed near the tip and maybe somewhat serrate or wavy marginedthere. But they are never expanded andthe venation is peculiar. A leaf held up tothe light displays numerous straight par-allel fine veins running its whole are, besides, one median and twolateral prominent veins connected at in-tervals by irregular cross veinlets. (Seefig. 7.) Wild celery may be dis-tinguished from eelgrass (Zostera mar- ina), which lives in brackish or saltwater, by the fact that its leaves grow inbundles from the rootstocks, while thoseof eelgrass arise singly and alternate onopposite sides of the stem. Pipewort(Eriocaulon), a fresh-water plant, oftenhaving ribbon-like leaves, may be recog-nized by the reticulation of the entireleaf into small cells by veins of nearlyuniform size. In certain stages some of the arrow-heads (Sagittaria) are difficult to tell. Fig. 4. from wild celery, though they usuallyhave the end of the leaf expanded intoa proper leaf blade or else quite pointed,neither of which characteristics is to befound in Vallisneria. The flowers of wild celery, usuallyseen in July, are peculiar. The stam-inate flowers attached at the base of theplants shed pollen, which floats on thesurface of the water and fertilizes thepistillate flower. The latter is attachedto a long, slender, round stem, which 190 THE GAME BREEDER GAME BIRDS TOR PROPAGATING PURPOSES Genuine Wild Mallards, Black Duck, Green-wing and Blue-wing Teal, Pintails, Gadwalls, Shovellers, Wood Duck, Widgeon,Red-heads, Blue-bills, also a few pairs of extra choice Canvas-backsand Ring-bills; Canadian, Greater and Lesser Snow, Ross, Brant,Hutchins, Cackling and Blue Geese, supplied for propagatingpurposes. Finest quality in the country. Golden, Silver, Amherst, Reeves Pheasants at reasonable also am booking orders for ring-neck Pheasants rear
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