TROPICAL OR TENDER WATER LILIES 



The Tender Water Lilies are supplied after May 1st in strong, growing pot-plants, and should not be planted out until after 

 the weather has become settled and warm, generally about June 1st, in the latitude of Philadelphia. Place your order for 

 these plants early, and tee icill reserve them until the proper planting season. All of the tender varieties are most suit- 

 able for planting in artificial pools, and especially so in connection with formal gardens. They are also very desirable for cutting, 

 more particularly the night-blooming varieties, which when cut open from three to five days in succession, and are very brilliant 

 under artificial light. The entire list of Tender Water Lilies, when planted out under favorable conditions, commence to bloom 

 about July 1st and continue without interruption until stopped by hard frost. 



Day=blooming Tender Nymphseas 



Capensis (Cape Blue Water Lily). Flowers rich sky-blue. 

 Very desirable and useful for cutting. 75 cts. each. 



Coerulea (Blue Lotus of Egypt). Flowers light blue, suf- 

 fused with white; yellow centre. 75 cts. each. 



Daubenyana. Small, fragrant light blue flowers, valuable 

 for winter blooming in aquariums or small pools and very in- 

 teresting because it produces young plants at petiole of each 

 leaf, which during the summer months flower freely. $1.00 

 each. 



Gracilis. The only white flowering day-blooming tropical 

 Water Lily. Flowers of medium size, six to eight inches 

 across, produced freely on long stems. $1.50 each. 



Qrossherzog Ernst Ludwig. An extremely free-flower- 

 ing variety, producing flowers of the largest size of a true 

 violet blue with a golden yellow centre, forming a charming 

 blue and gold combination. $2.50 each. 



rirs. C. W. Ward. One of the very best of the day-bloom- 

 ing varieties. Deep rosy-pink flowers produced on long 

 stems. A free and continuous bloomer. $2.00 each. 



Ovalifolia. A new variety from East Africa, which is entirely 

 distinct from all others. The flowers are of large size, 8 to 

 10 inches across, held well above the foliage and of a deep 

 creamy white; the base of each petal being faintly suffused 

 with blue, which gradually deepens until the tips of each 

 petal are a decided light corn-flower blue, stamens sulphur 

 yellow, making a novel and charming color combination. 

 The petals are rather long and narrow, giving the flower a 

 pretty star shape. Very fragrant and a strong grower and 

 free-flowering. Awarded several certificates of merit the 

 past season. Strong plants ready June 1st. $10.00 each. 



Pennsylvania. A hybrid that originated in the botanical 



department of the University of Pennsylvania, and which is 

 most aptly described as an improved W. Pulcherrima, flow- 

 ers being larger in size and of a deeper, richer blue; other- 

 wise it possesses all the many good points of that grand, free 

 and continuous flowering Xymphsea. $2.50 each. 



Pulcherrima. This variety flowers continuously winter and 

 summer, making it the best for furnishing blooms early and 

 late in the season. Flowers large, ten to twelve inches 

 across. Of a fine light blue with yellow centre. $2.00 each. 



Wm. Stone. Rich violet-blue shaded amaranth; stamens 

 purple with deep yellow centre. It 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 

 afternoon. $2.00 each. 



Zanzibariensis. A superb Water Lily, and the darkest 

 blue or purple of the genus. Flowers six to ten inches in 

 diameter; very free-flowering and exquisitely fragrant. $1.50 

 each. 



Zanzibariensis azurea. Similar to the type, but flowers 

 opening wider and of a clear azure-blue color. 75 cts. each. 



Zanzibariensis rosea. Flowers of various shades of rose, 

 otherwise like the type, but opening earlier in the morning. 

 75 cts. each. 



Note what wo say regarding time of shipment of Tender Water Lilies 



