240 iMHEtlRrADRKK -PHILADELPHIAWm WATER LILIES-" AQUATICS 



Group op Nymph«a Marliacea Varieties 



HARDY NYHPH/EAS OR WATER LILIES 



We offer on this and the next two pages a complete collection of the choicest new and standard sorts. 



For complete cultural 



notes see our Water Lily Book. Copies free on application. 



Alba. The well-known white European Water Lily. Strong 

 flowering roots. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Alba candidissima. A very vigorous and desirable variety, 

 much stronger than the type, requiring ample space; flowers 

 large, pure white, sepals occasionally flushed with pink. An 

 early and continuous bloomer. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Attraction. The most valuable acquisition to hardy Water 

 Lilies in recent years. The plant is of strong, vigorous growth, 

 flowering freely and continuously from May until October. 

 Flowers of largest size, 6 to 8 inches across, of a rich deep 

 crimson, suffused with amaranth-red shadings. Centre bright 

 orange, sepals white. One of the most beautiful and distinct 

 Water Lilies yet introduced. Awarded a Special Prize by the 

 Newport Garden Club and Newport Horticultural Society, 

 August, 1916. $15.00 each. 



Aurora. A unique variety, flowers soft rosy-yellow on first 

 day, changing to deep red on the third day; stamens orange, 

 useful f >r growing in tubs. $1.00 each. 



Conqueror. This new introduction is an ex- 

 ceedingly strong growing variety, producing 

 large, cup-shaped, fragrant flowers of a deep 

 violet-rose, shaded with white; an early and 

 free bloomer. Awarded First-Class Certifi- 

 cate by the Newport Horticultural Society. 

 $10.00 each. -*% 

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Escarboucle. In. our trial pond containing 

 over thirty new and rare sorts, the intense 

 color of this variety seemed to catch and hold 

 the eye above all others. The flowers, which 

 are produced very freely, are of good size, i 

 to 6 inches across, and of a brilliant crimson- 

 carmine with bright orange centre, the most 

 brilliant hardy Water Lily yet introduced. 

 $12. '0 each. 



Formosa. An entirely new color in Water 

 Lilies, being a soft rose pink deepening 

 towards the centre, stamens bright yellow. 

 Medium strong grower and very free-flower- 

 ing. Awarded a Special Prize by the New- 

 port Garden Club and Newport Horticultural 

 Society, August, 1916. $10.00 each. 



Gladstoniana. Flowers pure dazzling white; very large, 6 to 

 8 inches in diameter; cup-shaped and very massive; a robust 

 grower, requiring plenty of space to develop. One of the 

 best for large pools or lakes. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Gloriosa. A superb variety, flowers 4 to 6 inches across, of 

 perfect form, petals concave; deep carmine-rose, becoming a 

 very dark red late in the season; a very free and continuous 

 bloomer. $2.50 each. 



Helen Fowler. A refined and improved Tuberosa Rosea, 

 being a more profuse and continuous bloomer. Color delicate 

 soft pink. Flowers slightly cup-shaped and very fragrant. 

 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



James Brydon. Beautiful cup-shaped flowers, 5 to 6 inches 

 in diameter; in color a rich rosy crimson; reverse of petals 

 having a silvery sheen. A strong, vigorous grower and free 

 and continuous bloomer. No collection of Hardy Water 

 Lilies is complete without this splendid variety. $2.00 each. 



Hardy NympH/EA James Brydon 



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