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Accessory Aquatic PlantsHow to Plant OxygenatorsSubmerged aquatic plantsFloating Aquatics PlantsFloating Aquatics Plants2>Floating Aquatics Plants3Bog PlantsBog Plants2Bog Plants3Bog Plants4Bog Plants5Bog Plants6Bog Plants7WATER-FERN -(Ceratopteris thalictroides). This is a true fern although the plant does not look much like a fern, but rather like dark-green garden lettuce, floating in clusters 6 to 12 inches in diameter and a foot or more high. It does better in an indoor than an outdoor pool, although it grows quite freely outside. New growths spring up from the edges of the leaves, break off, and float away to establish themselves as separate plants. WATER-HYACINTH -(Eichhornia). This plant is dear to goldfish breeders, for its dense, finely divided roots are just about perfect to receive the spawn. It is buoyant, by reason of prominent, air-filled bulbs, which also hold the plant upright. Each one is about the size of a man's hat and bears a spike of lilac blooms for a single day. It propagates by runners at the water surface and soon covers a pool with a thick, dense mass. It multiplies swiftly and for many years has been considered a terrible pest in the southeastern part of the United States, where it clogs lakes, rivers, and other waterways to a point where clearing by dynamiting is necessary. But, alas, dealers can no longer ship to customers out of state, for this is now unlawful. If you cannot find a dealer in your own state with a supply of Water-Hyacinth you will have to do without it, but you can make (as many water gardeners have) some other provision for the goldfish spawn. This can be done by constructing a wooden frame, say of one-inch material, 6 inches wide and 30 inches long. Cover the frame with chicken wire, and this, in turn, with a 1- to 2-inch layer of dried Spanish moss. Place this rack in the pool; it will float and hold the moss about 6 inches below the surface. As a spawning ground, it will be as efficient as the root systems of several plants of Water-Hyacinth. WATER-POPPY -(Limnocharis Humboldtii). A three-petaled yellow flower, resembling the California poppy, with a brown eye. Root of the parent plant must be embedded in a container of soil, much as a waterlily is planted. Runners are sent to the water surface, producing new plants which then send strong runners down to the pool bottom in an effort to obtain fresh rooting. It produces a profusion of bloom and smooth, deep-green foliage, which floats prettily among the water-lilies. WATER-SNOWFLAKE - (Limnathemum indicum). A small, attention-getting plant with smooth leaves like those of a miniature water-lily. Blooms, which appear at the junction of leaf and stem, are held a few inches above the water. They are white, five-petaled, with a white, lacy covering, making the flower look exactly like its namesake. This is not truly a floating plant, for the parent should be rooted in a container of soil 6 to 8 inches below the surface. It reproduces through leaves, which break, float away, and re-establish themselves as new plants in shallow water.Continue to Bog Plants |
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