. Dreer's garden book 1916. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Miscellaneous Aquatics -Continued Varieties marked * are hardy Limnocharis Humboldti (Water Poppy) ?Pontederla 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 BraziHensis. See Aqua- rium plants, page 272. Sagittaria Montevidiensis (Giant Arrowhead). Attains gigantic pro- portions, growing 4 to 5 feet h
. Dreer's garden book 1916. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Miscellaneous Aquatics -Continued Varieties marked * are hardy Limnocharis Humboldti (Water Poppy) ?Pontederla 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 BraziHensis. See Aqua- rium plants, page 272. Sagittaria Montevidiensis (Giant Arrowhead). 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. 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 2i feet high; leaves heart- shaped; fragrant white flowers. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. ?Scirpus Taberneemontani Zebrina. A very ornamental hardy rush, grow- 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. 25 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; specimens in 11 inch tubs, $ each. Trapa Natans (Water Chestnut or Water Caltrops). An aquatic annual, producing white flowers with purple claws, floating on the surface of the water. Ready May 15th. 25 cts. each; $ p
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