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PRIMROSE-WILLOW - (Jussiaea 1ongifolia). An attractive pool-edge plant from 3 to 4 feet high, with graceful. woody stems, willowlike foliage, and a profusion of yellow blooms resembling primroses. Grows
well with roots in either wet soil or in muddy bottom under an inch or two of water. SWEET FLAG -( Acorus Calamus). Also called Beewort. A hardy marsh perennial herb, at home in shallow water or in saturated earth, with broad, dark-green, straplike leaves which grow 2 to 3 feet high. Foliage is similar to that of iris. The flower, a conical spike 2 to 3 inches long of small greenish bloom, is borne on a long stem. The plant is as old as any other in cultivation. All parts emit a pleasant scent when crushed and have a warm, pungent taste suggestive of cinnamon. In the early days it was used as medicine for a variety of ills, from diseases of the eye to stomach disorders. More recently it has been used to scent hair pomades and to flavor tooth pastes and cough sirups. It propagates by root division.var. variegatus-More popular in the United States, with foliage an attractive combination of green and cream and the same aromatic characteristics. TARO -(Colocasia esculenta). Also called Elephants-Ear. A genus of tuberous herbs, various forms of which range from 1 ½ to 3 feet, grown for the showy foliage. Elephants-Ear is an apt name in view of the shape of the leaves, which are no larger than a human hand on some of the smaller forms, but as large as the ear of an elephant on larger species and varieties. Planted with the root crown at water level, Taro thrives and spreads by root division. Grown indoors in winter, in a tub or bucket of soil, and kept well watered, it also does quite well as a house plant.This is an edible plant. The foliage in various tropical countries is prepared like asparagus, and tastes rather like it. In Japan, the starchy rhizomes are boiled-to get rid of the bitter, toxic acridity-and eaten like potatoes. The Hawaiian dish, poi, is from this plant. Rhizomes are crushed, cooked, allowed to ferment for a few days, and served as thick, pasty gruel. Some of the larger dealers in aquatics carry as many as half a dozen forms, and nearly all have these three forms: Continue to Bog Plants6 |
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