Dreer's garden book seventy-sixth Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914 dreersgardenbook1914henr Year: 1914 EiCHHuKNiA (Water Hyacinth) LiMNOCHARIS HUMBOLDTI (Water Poppy). Aponogeton Distachvon. Jussiaea Longifolia. A very attractive and desirable aquatic, growing 2 to 3 feet high, erect, slightly drooping at the points, and producing numerous axillary flowers of a rich golden- yellow, somewhat like an Evening Primrose. A good plant for tubs or planting on edge of pond. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Llmnanthemum Indicum (Water Snowflake]. \ pretty floating plant; each peta
Dreer's garden book seventy-sixth Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914 dreersgardenbook1914henr Year: 1914 EiCHHuKNiA (Water Hyacinth) LiMNOCHARIS HUMBOLDTI (Water Poppy). Aponogeton Distachvon. Jussiaea Longifolia. A very attractive and desirable aquatic, growing 2 to 3 feet high, erect, slightly drooping at the points, and producing numerous axillary flowers of a rich golden- yellow, somewhat like an Evening Primrose. A good plant for tubs or planting on edge of pond. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Llmnanthemum Indicum (Water Snowflake]. \ pretty floating plant; each petal of the dainty white flowers resembles a miniature ostrich feather. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. ^Llmnanthemum Nymphfeoides (^Villarsia). A pretty hardy aquatic, with Nymplisea-Iike leaves and golden- yellow flowers, freely produced. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Limnocharis Humboldt! (The Water Poppy). A pretty little aquatic, with floating leaves and yellow, poppy like flowers; makes a fine show in a tub or pond all summer. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Myriophyllum Proserpinacoides {Parrot's Feather). Long, trail- ing stems, clothed with whorls of the most exquisite foliage, as delicate as the Cypress Vine. 10 cts. each; $ per doz. *Orontium Aquaticum. 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. Ouvirandra Fenestralis [Lace-leaf or Lattice-leaf Plant). The chief interest in this plant lies in the remarkable singularity of the leaves, which are of a dark, olive green color, merely a network of vascular tissue, resembling lace or a skeletonized leaf. Requires to be grown in a shady situation. $ each. *Peltandra VIrglnIca ( Water Arv77i). Leaves something like a Calla in outline, with greenish flowers, growing a foot or more out of the water. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Pistla Stratlotes (Water Lettuce). A floating aquatic; forms â rosette of light green velvety
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