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Day-blooming 
Tender Water Lilies. 
Note.— ender Nympheas should not be planted out 
until after the weather has become warm and settled, gen- 
erally about June rst in this latitude. Place your order for 
these plants early, and we will reserve them Jor you until 
proper time to plant aut. j 
Nympheza capensis (sy. N. scutifolia, D. C.; N. Ceru- 
lea, B. M. 552, and American Gardens). Cape Blue 
Water Lily ; flowers rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across ; sepals 
green outside, whitish within, fushed blue. A very desirable 
species and useful for cutting. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
— ceerulea (svw. N. Stellata Wild., N scutifolia of Gar- 
dens). Blue Lotus of Egypt. Leaves oval, 12 to 16: inches 
across, under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplish at mar 
gin. Flowers 3 to 6 inches across; buds conical pointed; sepais 
thickly marked with black lines and dots; petals 14 to 20, lance- 
olate, acute, light blue above, lower half dull white; stamens yei- 
low. Free grower and bloomer. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
— Gracilis. A Mexican species of great merit and the only white day- 
flowering tropical species in cultivation. Leaves’green, 15 10 17 inches 
across, deeply and irregularly sinuate, angles of lobes rounded ; flowers 
Nymprya Pennsyivania. white, 6 to 8 inches across ; petals 
numerous, lanceolate; stamens 
deep yellow, distinct and_free- 
flowering, the fiowers standing a 
foot or more out of the water, 
and possessing a delicate fra- 
grance. Desirable for cutting, 
$1.00 each ; $10.00 per doz. 
Nymphea Pennsylvania. A 
hybrid that originated in the bo- 
tanical department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and 
which is most aptly described as 
an improved WV. Pulcherrima, 
the Howers being much larger in 
size and of a deeper, richer blue ; 
otherwise it possesses all the many 
good points of that grand, free 
— Mrs, C.W. Ward, A hybrid 
of WV. gracilis, possessing all 
the good qualities of that variety, 
but is a stronger grower, flowers 
much larger, being from 8 to 10 
inches in diameter, and borne on 
stout stems fifteen inches above the 
water. Color deep  rosy-pink, 
with golden-yellow stamens; a 
most desirable variety for cutting. 
Certificated at New York by the 
Society of American Florists. 
$2.50 each. 
and continuous flowering blue 
Nymphea. $2.50 each. 
— Pulcherrima. A beautiful hy- 
brid of VV cerulea ; under sur- 
face of leaves green, densely 
blotched with purplish-black, mar- 
« gined purplish-red. Flowers light 
blue, 10 to 12 inches across ; stamens yellow, buds sharply conical, 
sepals marked with black lines and dots. This variety fiowers con- 
tinuously winter and summer, and is the best for furnishing flowers 
early and late in the season. $2.00 each. 
Nymru#a Mrs. C. W Warp. 
— Wm. Stone. Nocolorin Water Lilies is more attractive than blue, 
and in this variety we have one of the most distinct and pleasing of 
this shade, the color being a rich violet-blue shaded amaranth; sta- 
'.mens purple with deep yellow centre. It has long, pointed 
buds lke JV. pulcherrima , it also stands well out of the 
water, and is of vigorous, spreading habit. The flowers open 
early in the day and remain open until late in the evening. 
$2.50 each. 
—Zanzibariensis, A superb Water Lily, and the darkest 
blue or purple of the genus; leaves deep green above, under 
surface suffused violet, 8 to 15 inches across. Flowers 6 to 10 
inches in diameter; petals numerous, deep blue, sepals green out- 
side, deep purplish-blue within ; back of anthers dark crimson violet; 
very free-fowering and exquisitely fragrant. $1.50 each. 
—— azurea. Similar to the type, but flowers opening wider and of 
a lighter blue color. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
— — rosea. Flowers rose of various shades, otherwise like the type, 
but opening earlier in the morning. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. NymPH#A ZANZIBARIENSIS RcSEA 
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