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NELUMBIUMS. 



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, which is fully given on pages 264 and 265- 

 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 txtra care or patience expended. All Nelumbiums are suitable for tub culture. 



X OTE.—Xelumbiums can only be supplied in dormant tuber* from May 1st to June 15th, after whicJt date only such 

 varieties as we can furnish in pots should be planted. 



Kermesinum. Another distinct and charm- 

 ing variety, bearing flowers resembling the 

 Hermosa 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 white shaded pink; very 

 tree- flowering, coming into bloom early and 

 continuing throughout the season. Dormant 

 tubers, $2.50 each; pot plants, $3.50 each. 

 Luteum (American Lotus Water Chinque- 

 pin). A superb variety with yellow flowers; 

 indigenous in the Western and Southern 

 States. It has been introduced into the East- 

 ern States, where, as a rule, it grows as freely 

 as any native plant. Dormant tubers, $1.00 

 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 graceful 

 form of .V. Speciosumj foliage large and 

 handsome; vigorous and free-flowering. Dor- 

 mant tubers, $3.00 each; pot plants, $4.00 

 each. 

 Pekinensis rubrum plenum. Identical 

 with the preceding, but with immense giant 

 double pecony-flowered blooms. Dormant 

 tubers, $5.00 each; pot plants, $6.00 each. 

 Roseum. Flowers of a uniform deep rose- 

 pink. Dormant tubers, $2.00 each; pot plants, 

 $3.00 each. 

 Roseum plenum. A magnificent variety, with 

 large, full, double bright rose flowers. Dor- 

 mant tubers, $2.50 each; pot plants, $3.50 

 each. 

 Shiroman. This superb variety has enormous 

 double snow-white flowers borne on stalks well 

 above the foliage; a vigorous grower, free- 

 flowering and equally as hardy as the well known N Sped- 

 OSUm. Dormant tubers, $3.00 each; pot plants, $4.00 each. 

 Speciosum {Egyptian Lotus). The best known variety and 

 the easiest to grow, desirable for naturalizing in ponds where 

 the magnificent foliage and superb flowers produce a splendid 

 sub-tropical effect. Flowers 8 to 12 inches across, of a deep 

 rose color, creamy white at base of petals, exquisite for cutting. 

 Dormant tubers, $1.50 each; pot plants, $2 50 each. 



Nelumbiums. 



Album Grandiforum. (Syn. A. floribunda.) A grand 

 white variety, whose purity, fragrance, size, majestic foliage 

 and hardiness stamp it as one of the best. Dormant tubers, 

 $2.00 each; pot plants, $',.00 each. 



Album Striatum. The flowers of this exquisite variety are 

 pure white, the edge of the petals irregularly striped and tipped 

 rosy carmine, with distinct magnolia fragrance. Strong, vig- 

 orous grower. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each. 



We are large growers of Aquarium Plants. See list on page 274. 



