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HARDY NVriPH/EAS OR WATER LILIES 



A select list of the most suitable varieties for all Hardy Water garden purposes. Ready April 15th to June 1st. 

 There is no Hardy Blue Water Lily. All varieties of that color will be found under Day Blooming Tender Nymphseas. 



Alba Candidissima. A very vigorous and 

 desirable variety, requiring ample space; 

 flowers large, pure white, sepals occasionally 

 flushed with pink. $1.50 each. 



QIadstoniana. Flowers pure dazzling white; 

 cup-shaped and very massive; a robust 

 grower. 1^1.50 each. 



Laydekeri purpurata. Flowers rosy-crim- 

 son, darker in the centre, outer petals light 

 rose. f;2.00 each. 



Marliacea Chromatella. Petals and sta- 

 mens bright yellow, 4 to 6 inches across. A 

 very strong, free and continuous bloomer. 

 One of the best Water Lilies for cutting, 

 which makes it a favoritei $2.00 each. 



Marliacea Rosea. A splendid companion 

 to the yellow variety Chromatella, which it 

 resembles in all particulars except color, 

 flowers being a soft rose-pink. $2.50 each. 



Odorata. The native White Pond Lily. Very 

 desirable for planting in quantity in natural 

 ponds for effect and for cut flowers. All 

 Water Liliis of this type are suitable for 

 naturalizing. 50 cts. each. 



Odorata Gigantea. The native White Lily 

 of the southeastern United States. Flowers 

 pure white, 5 to 7 inches across. A very 

 strong, vigorous grower, 75 cts. each. 



Odorata Minor. The miniature WhiteWater 

 Lily. Very dainty and suitable for tubs and 

 small pools. 50 cts. each. 



Odorata Sulphurea Grandiflora. The 

 fragrant flowers are sulphur-yellow, 4 to 5 



' inches in diameter, and stand 3 to 4 

 Nymph^a Tuberosa Richardsoni inches out of the water. $1.60 each. 



Odorata W. B. Shaw. This magnificent Lily has large frag- 

 rant flowers of a rich, clear, rose pink. $1.50 each. 



Tuberosa. A native white variety of very strong growth, flowers 

 from 4 to 9 inches across, produced in moderate quantity. The 

 various varieties of Tuberosa are suitable for planting in deep 

 water, and should have plenty of room to spread. 50 cts. each. 



Tuberosa Maxima. A free-flowering variety of the above; 4 to 8 

 inches across, pure white, fragrant. 50 cts. each. 



Tuberosa Richardsoni. This variety should be included in every 

 collection. Flowers pure white and quite double. No variety in 

 our Water Garden is admired by visitors more than this. The 

 immense snowball-like flower, 8 inches in diameter, was de- 

 clared to be the finest white Water Lily of all. ^1.00 each. 



Tuberosa rosea. Flowers an exquisite shade of pink. A vig- 

 orous grower, of the easiest culture. $1.00 each. 



Wm. Falconer. Flowers of an intense bright garnet color, with 

 a good ruby tone through it, intensified by the rich golden 

 centre. $5.00 each. 



NELUMBIUMS OR LOTUS 



NOTE. — Nelumbiums can only be supplied in dormant tubers 



from May 1st to June 1st. 



Album Qrandiflorum. A grand white variety, whose purity, 

 fragrance, size, majestic foliage and hardiness stamp it as one of 

 the best. $3 00 each. 



Luteum (American Lotus, Water Chinquepin). A superb va- 

 riety with yellow flowers; indigenious in the Western and 

 Southern States. It has been introduced into the Eastern 

 States, where, as a rule, it grows as freely as any native plant. 

 Dormant tubers. $2.00 each. 



Pekinensis rubrum plenum. Immense giant brilliant rosy- 

 carmine double peony-flowered blooms. $5.00 each. 



Roseum. Flowers uniform deep rose-pink, very free blooming. 

 $3.00 each. 



Speclosum (Egyptian Lotus). The best known variety and the 

 easiest to grow, desirable for naturalizing in ponds where the 

 magnificent foliage and superb flowers produce a splendid sub- 

 tropical effect. Flowers 8 to 12 inches across, of a deep rose 

 color, creamy-white at base of petals, exquisite for cutting. Dor- 

 mant tubers. $3.00 each. Nelumbium or Lotus 



DR F . F . R 'S WATER ULY LEAFLET gives complete directions for the cultivation of both hard; and tender Water Lili^, AquariuBi 



Plants and other Aquatics. Copies free on request. 



