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Day=blooming Tender 

 Water Lilies. 



Euryale ferox. This was the noblest aquatic plant in 

 cultivation prior to the introduction of the Victoria. The 

 circular leaves are from 2 to 3 feet in diameter, upper side 

 olive green, curiously puckered and spiny; the under side 

 a rich [Jurple with prominent spiny veins. Flowers small, 

 deep violet. $1.50 each. 



Nymphfea capensis— TUunb. (syn. N. scutifolia, D. C; 

 A'. Ccerulea, B. M. 552, and American Gardens). Cape 



, Blue Water Lily; floweis rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across ; 

 sepals green outside, withish within, flushed blue. A very 

 desirable species and useful in cutting. 75 cts. each ; §7.50 

 per doz. 



— Coerulea — Savigny, {syn. N. stellata IVilld., ' N. scuti- 

 folia 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 markt-d 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 

 cIs. each; $7.50 per doz. 



— Gracilis. A Mexican species 

 of great merit and the only white 

 day-flowering tropical species in 

 cultivation. Leaves green, 15 

 to 17 inches across, deeply and 

 irregularly sinuate, angles of 

 lobes rounded; flowers white, 

 6 to 8 inches across ; petals 

 numerous, lanceolate; stamens 

 deep yellow, distinct and free- 

 flowering. The flowers stand- 

 ing a foot or more out of the 

 water, and possessing a delicate 

 fragrance. Desirable for cut- 

 tin;:. $1.00 each ; $10.00 per 



doz 



N\M[HFA CP'VriLIS. 



Nymph.«a Wm. Stone. 



Nymphaea firs. C. W. Ward. 



A hybrid of A^. giacilis, possess- 

 ing 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 stoul sterns^ fifteen inches 

 above the water. Color deep 

 rosy-pink with golden-yellow sta- 

 mens; a most desirable variety 

 for cutting. Certificated at New 

 York by the Society of American 

 Florists. $-2 r.O each. 



— Pulcherrima. A beautiful hy- 

 biid of IS. cceridea ; 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, seimls marked with black lines and dots. This 

 variety flowers continuously winter and summer, and is 

 the best for furnishing flowers early and late in the season. 

 $2.00 e.nch. 



- Wm. Stone. No color in Water Lilies is more attrac- 

 tive 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 like A^. 

 piihherrima ; 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 evening. $5.00 

 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 outside, deep pur- 

 plish-blue within; back of anthers dark crimson-violet; 

 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 cts. each ; $7.50 

 per doz. 



rosea. Flowers rose of various shade-;, otherwise 



like the type, but o4Dening earlier in the morning. 75 cts. 

 each; $7, iO per doz. 



THK WATER GARDEN, a beautifully illustrated book on Aquatics, gires lull cultural directions. Price, »3.00, postpaid. 



