IHENRTADREER -PHIIADELPHIAM-^WATER LILIES'- AQUWICS 



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NVMPH/E\ l'EN\SM VANIA. 



Nymph£ea Pennsylvania. A 



liybiid that originated in the bo- 

 tanical department of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, and 

 which is most aptly described as 

 an improved /V. Puhherrima, the 

 flowers being much larger in 

 size and of a deeper, richer blue ; 

 otherwise it possesses all the many 

 good points of that grand, free 

 and continuous flowenng blue 

 Nymphsea. $2. 50 edch. 



— Pulcherrima. A beautilul hy- 

 brid of N. I (B rule a ; under sur- 

 face of leaves green, densely 

 blotched with purplish-black, mar- 

 gined purplish-red. Flowers light 



blue, 10 to 12 inches acioss ; stamens yellow, l-uds sharply conica 

 sepals marked with black lines and dots. This variety flowers con- 

 tinuously winter and summer, and is the best for furnisliing flowers 

 early ind late in the season. $2.00 each. 



— Wm. Stone. No color in Water Lilies is more at- 

 tractive 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 ; stamens purple with deep 

 yellow centre. It has long, pointed buds WVe N. pukher- 

 rima ; it also stands well out of the water, and is of vigorous, 

 spreading habit. The flowers open early in the day and re- 

 main open uniil late in the evening. $2.50 each. 



^^^-ZanzlbarJensis. 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 outside, deep purplish-blue within ; back of anthers 

 dark crimson-vinlet ; very free-flowering and exquisitely 



\ fragrant. $1.50 each. 



^^ — azurea. Similar to the type, but flowers opening wider and of a 

 \ lighter blue color. 75 els. each : $7 50 per doz. 



— ^;^ — rosea. Flower rose of various shades, otherwise like the type, 

 but opening earlier in the morning. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Day=blooming 



Tender Water Lilies. 



ymphaea capensis {syn. N. saitifolia, D. C; N. Caiiiha, 

 B. JSl. bh'2, and Aiiuricnn Gardens). Cape Blue Water Lily ; 

 flowers rich skv-blue, 6 to 8 inches across; sepals green out- 

 side, whitish within, flushed blue. A very desirable species 

 ■ind useful for cutting. 75 cts. each; |7.50 per doz. 



— COerulea {syn. N. Stellata Wild., N. sczitifolia of Gardens). 

 Blue Lotus of Egypt. Leaves oval, 12 to 16 inches across, 

 under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplish at 

 margin. Flowers 3 to 6 inches across; buds conical pointed; 

 sepals thickly marked with black lines and dots; petals 14 to 

 20, lanceolate, acute, light blue above, lower, half dull white; 

 stamens yellow. Free grower and bloomer. 75 cts. each ; 

 \ %1 50 per doz. 



' — Qracills. A Mexican species of great merit and the only white day> 

 weiing tiopical species in cultivation. Leaves green, 15 to 17 inches 

 across, deeply and uregularly sinuate, angles of lobes rounded; flowers 

 white, 6 to 8 inches across ; petals numerous, lanceolate ; stamens deep 

 yellow, distinct and free-flnwering, the flowers standing a foot or 

 more out ol the water, and possessing a delicate fragrance. Desirable 

 for cutting. $1.00 eich; $1000 per doi. 



- Hrs: C. W. Ward. A hybrid 

 of N. 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. Cer- ' 

 tificated at New York by the 

 Society of Am-.rican Florists. 

 $2.50 each. 



AQUARIUM PLANTS. 



We make a specialty of these, 

 growing large quantities of the 

 best varieties See descriptive 

 list on page 235. 



Nymph.^a Zanzibariensis rosea. 



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