Lotus, American Nelumbo lutea Good for a pond.
Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris
Grows 1-1/2 ft. high. Blooms
in May.
Pickerel Weed Pontederia Grows 3-4 ft. high. Blooms in cordata July.
Pitcher Plant Darlingtonia Grows less than 1 ft. Good for Californica bog planting.
Sweet Flag Acorus Calamus
Height is 2 ft. Flowers in early
summer.
Water-lily Nymphaea odorata
Sweet-scented, most popular
water-lily.
Water Mint Mentha Aquatica
One of the popular mint family.
Low growing.
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-------------- FOUR WATER-LILIES FOR BEGINNERS ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- NAME COLOUR SPECIAL POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- Nymphaea Gladstoniana White This is a hardy variety " Marliacea Yellow " " " " " dentata White Tender, night blooming plant " Zanzibariensis Blue Tender, day blooming plant.
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-------------- WATER-LILIES FOR SMALL PONDS ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- NAME |COLOUR |REQUIRED DEPTH | | OF WATER ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- Nymphoea alba (hardy) | White |More than 2 ft. " tuberosa (hardy) | White | " " " " Marliacea rosea (hardy) | Pink | " " " " odorata, var. minor |White |Less than 1 ft. (hardy) | | " tetragona (hardy) |Yellow | " " " " Laydekeri, var. |Pink | " " " rosea (hardy) | | " Zanzibariensis (tender) |White | " " " ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- NOTE:—Any of these forms may be grown in from 1 to 2 ft. of water.
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-------------- TREE TABLE ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- NAME |HEIGHT | SPECIAL POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- Carolina Poplar |100 ft.|Grows in a dry soil. Fastest growing street | | tree. Its dropping fruit is a nuisance. | | Sheds leaves early.
Catalpa |50ft. |Lovely white blossoms in June. Seed pods | | stay on into winter. Quick growing. | | Good lawn tree.
English Hawthorn|30ft. |Flowers in June. Red berries. Grows on | | dry soils. Slow grower. Sharp thorns.
Linden |90ft. |Easy to grow. Fragrant flowers. Rapid