Show I 1 CELERY AS DUCK winter buds and root are relished best plant Is 1 wholly submerged with lono flexible ribbon like leaves of light translucent green figner are peculiar by W 1 I U W ATEE the names wild lid celery and canvas back ducic duck have been closely asao asso clat ed in the annals of american sport to a certain extent thia this association ie is justified since the canvas back ob athis j talus about one fourth of its food horn from I 1 this plant a greater proportion than any other duck however the aaser asser kioa that the flavor of the canvasback la Is superior to that ot of any other duck and that it depends on a diet of wild celery la Is not proved to eay say the least the or blue bluebills bIlls and the red head also are very fond of wild eel cry ery and are fully as capable of get ting the buds as the canvas back several other ducks get more or less of this food the writer finding that evea even the scoters on a northern lake in fall lived almost exclusively on oa it tor for a time all part parts of the plant are eaten by dicks but the tender winter buds and root stocks are relished beet best wild celery bud buds can a wild celery ally bo be obtained by the diving ducks as he blue bluebelle bills redheads can dasback and scoters the non diving species as the mallard black duck baldpate and the e geese get ar 44 acca 0 atonal ann bad lul more ou they foed t upon the leav leaven wad ele 0 ry la is a wholly submerged plant with long flexible ribbon like leaves of light translucent green and ot of practically the same width any where from front abne fourth to three fourths of an inch fro f ot to IP lp we plant may be d 01 from tho the eelgrass eel crass which es in bra klah or salt water by me tas f fact ct that lla its leaves grow in bundles from the root stock while those ot of eelgrass arise singly and alternate on oil opposite sides of tho the stem stern the flowers ot of wild celery are becu liar the staminate flow floers ere attached of the plants sha shed ad pollen which floate on the surface 0 of the water and fertilizes the flower the latter is attached to a long slender roun roan eten stem contracts in to a spiral drawing the flower under the water after fertilization the beed pod into which the flower develops is i straight or curved a little buerrer Bl errer than a common lead pencil and from 3 to 6 inches long it contains embedded in a it clear jelly email small dark seeds in number about so to the inch no such pod is borne by any other fresh water plant |