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NELUMBIUIIS 
No flowering plants, aquatic or others, are more worthy of cultivation than the Nelumbiums, and none can be cultivated 
more easily. If they never bloomed, their foliage alone would be enough to win the admiration of everyone. Their enormous 
leaves, of tender bluish-green, held aloft on tall, flexible stalks, sway and wave in the slightest wind. But when this is crowned 
with a wealth of beautiful flowers, gigantic in size, exquisitely tinted, perfect in form, and with a perfume strong, yet delicate, 
it is easily understood why they hold the foremost place among aquatics. 
Their culture is quite simple, requiring the same treatment as other hardy Water Lilies. See page 265, also our Water Lily 
Book, copies free on request. 
Some varieties are slow in growth after transplanting, and it may be the second year before they flower; but the second and 
third seasons generally repay for any extra care or patience expended. All Nelumbiums are suitable for tub culture. 
NOTE.—Nelumbiums can only be supplied in dormant tubers from May 1st to June Ist, after which date only 
such varieties as we can furnish in pots should be planted. 
Album Grandiforum. (Syn. A. flori- 
bunda.) A grand white variety, whose 
purity, fragrance, size, majestic foliage and 
hardiness stamp it as one of the best. Dor- 
mant tubers, $2.00 each; pot plants, $3.00 
each. 
Album Striatum. The flowers of this ex- 
quisite variety are pure white, the edge of the 
petals irregularly striped and tipped rosy 
carmine, with distinct magnolia fragrance. 
Strong, vigorous grower. Dormant tubers, 
$2.50 each; pot plants, $3.50 each. 
Kermesinum, A distinct and charming va- 
riety, bearing flowers resembling the Her- 
mosa Rose in color; the earliest flowering 
variety, blooming end of June in this section. 
Dormant tubers, $1.50 each; pot plants, $2.50 
each. 
Kinshiren. Flowers whiteshaded pink; very 
free-flowering, coming into bloom early and 
coniinuing throughout the season. Dormant 
tubers, $2.50 each. 
Luteum. (American Lotus, Water Chin- 
quepin.) A superb variety with yellow 
flowers; indigenous 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. Dor- 
mant tubers, $1.50 each. 
Osiris. A beautiful globular flower of a pure 
deep rose, very rich and pleasing; early and 
free-flowering. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each; 
pot plants, $3.50 each. 
Pekinensis rubrum. This is the best dark- 
colored variety in cultivation; the flowers are 
brilliant rosy carmine, 10 to 12 inches across, 
outer petals well reflexed, having the grace- 
ful form of WV. Speciosum; foliage large 
and handsome; vigorous and free-flowering. 
Dormant tubers, $3.00 each; pot plants, 
$4.00 each. 
Shiroman. This superb variety bas enor- 
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-mous double snow-white flowers borne on stalks 
Pekinensis rubrum plenum. Identical with the preced- well above the foliage; a vigorous grower, free-flowering and 
ing, but with immense giant double pzeony-flowered blooms. equally as hardy as the well known WV. Speciosum. Dor- 
Dormant tubers, $5.00 each; pot plants, $6.00 each. mant tubers, $3.00 each; pot plants, $4.00 each. 
Roseum. Flowers of a uniform deep rose pink. Dormant Speciosum ( Hgyptian Lotus). The best known variety and 
tub $2.00 each; pot plants, $3.00 each the easiest to grow, desirable for naturalizing in ponds where 
Se? acto te TA aaa the magnificent foliage and superb flowers produce a splendid 
Roseum plenum. A magnificent variety, with large, full, sub-tropical effect. Flowers 8 to 12 inches across, of a deep 
double bright rose flowers. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each; rose color, creamy-white at base of petals, exquisite for cut- 
pot plants, $3.50 each. ting. Dormant tubers, $1.50 each; pot plants, $2.50 each. 
We are large growers of Aquarium Plants. See list on page 272 
