118 nr ^HENRTADREK fflllADELPH^^M-mW^ER LiLI[S-» AQUWICS 



NyMPH.EA BlSSETII. 



We were awarded 

 the 



Grand Prize 



at the 



St. Louis Expo = 

 sition, 1904, 



for our display of 

 Water Lilies and 



A q u a I i cs, wliich 

 was acknowledged 

 by the Jurors who 

 made the award, as 

 well as by all visit- 

 ors, to be 



THE FINEST 



FEATURE 



in the Horticultural 

 Department. 



Three Grand New 



Night=blooming 

 TENDER NYMPH/EAS. 



NVMPH^^A bissbtii. 



This grand new hybrid was raised from the same seedpod 

 as .A' O' Mar ana, and is undoubtedly one of the finest 

 tender Water Lilies yet introduced. Produces freely 

 flowers of the largest size — -8 to 10 inches diameter — 

 cup-shaped, quite double, of a beautiful glowing rosy-pink, 

 borne on stout stems 10 inches above the water, leaves 

 18 to 24 inches across, of a glossy bronze-red, much 

 crumpled at the edge, giving the plant a very ornamental 

 appearance. 



Awarded a silver medal by the Newport,- R. I., Horti- 

 cultural Society and honorable mention by the Massachu- 

 ^eits Horticultural Society, at Boston, September, 190.5- 

 15 00 each. 



NY^IPH^A OENTAXA MAGNIFICA. 



handsome variety is distinguished from A'', aentata by its broad 



sepals and petals 

 and the cup-shape 

 of its creamy-white 

 flowers, which are 

 10 to 12 inches^ 

 across, leaves large, 

 ovate, dark green, 

 under side dark red- 

 dish brown, margin 

 slightly crumpled,, 

 of vigorous growth 

 and very free-flow- 

 ering. Awarded 

 Certificate of Merit,. 

 Newport, R. I.,. 

 Hort. Soc. and hon- 

 orable menlion by 

 the Massachusetts 

 Hort. Soc. at Bos- 

 ton, 1905. $3.00 

 Plan! op NvmpHvEA *' Pennsylvania." Showing ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^W^^^^^^^. eactl. 



nS FKtE-FLOWEKING Chak.acter. 



NYJUPH^EA DENTATA SUPERB A. 



A most decided improvement over N. dentata. Flowers pu 

 white, 10 to 14 inches in diameter, opening out very flat ; sepals 

 and petals extra broad ; leaves dark green, under side blotched 

 with purplish brown; vigorous and free-flowering. Awarded 

 a certificate of merit by the Massachusetts Hort. Soc. at 

 Boston, 1904. $2,50 e.ich. 



New Day=bloomin^ 

 Tender Water Lily 

 *' Pennsylvania. 



A new hybrid that originated in the botanical department 

 of the University of Pennsylvania, and which is most aptly de- 

 scribed as an improved N. pidcherrima, the flowers bein 

 much larger in size and of a deeper, richer blue ; otherwise it 

 possesses all the many good points of that grand, free and continu- 

 ous flowering blue Nymphsea. 



Awarded a .Silver Medal by ihe New^port, R. I., Horticultura 

 Society, and a Certificate of Merit by the .Massachusetis Horticultural 

 Society, at Boston, in .Seiitember, 1901 Si3 00 each. 



?» 



YMPH-«A 



Dentata 



SUPERBA. 



For New and Rare Hardy Nymphaeas see page 115. 



