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TROPICAL OR TENDER 



WATER LILIES. 



The Tender Water Lilies are supplied after May 1st in strong, 

 growing pot-plants, and should not be planted out until after the 

 weather has become settled and warm, generally about June 1st, 

 in the latitude of Philadelphia. Place your order for these 

 plants early and we will reserve them until //,, propi r 

 planting season. All of the tender varieties are most suitable 

 for planting in fountains and artificial pools, and especially so 

 in connection with formal gardens, their immense, brilliant 

 colored flowers lending a charm to the scene which cannot be 

 obtained with any other class of flowers. They are also very 

 desirable for cutting, more particularly the night-blooming 

 varieties, which when cut open from three to five days in suc- 

 cession, and their colors, varying from white through all the 

 shades of pink to deep crimson, are very brilliant under artificial 

 light. The entire list of Tender Water Lilies, when planted 

 out under favorable conditions, commence to bloom about July 

 1st and continue without interruption until cut down by hard frost. 



NIGHT-BLOOMING NYMPH^AS. 



Bissetti. Flowers of the 

 largest size, 8 to 10 inches 

 in diameter; cup-shaped; 

 quite double and of a beau- 

 tiful glowing shade of rosy 

 pink. $2.00 each. 



Deaniana. A strong, vig- 

 orous grower. Flowers 

 pure light pink; sepals 

 deep rose pink; stamens 

 red. $1.50 each. 



Dentata. Flowers white, 

 measuring from 8 to 12 

 inches in diameter, open- 

 ing out horizontally; 

 leaves dark glossy green, 

 heavily dentated. 75 cts. 

 each; $7.50 per doz. 



VMPH*A 



Bissetti 



Dentata Magnifies. 



Large cup-shaped creamy 

 white flowers ten to twelve 

 inches across. A very 

 desirable variety. $2.00 

 each. 



Dentata Superba. The 



largest white Water Lily 

 grown. Flowers of clear 

 glistening white ten to 

 fourteen inches in diame- 

 ter, opening out very flat. 

 Sepals and petals very 

 broad, giving the whole 

 flower a very massive ap- 

 pearance. $2.50 each. 



Devoniensis. This old 



favorite is still one of the 



most satisfactory varieties 



grow, as it produces its large pure red flowers in the greatest 



abundance, a single plant often having from twelve to eighteen 



looms open at one time, making a mass of color that is really 



astonishing. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Frank Trelease. The darkest colored of all Water 

 Lilies. A rich glowing dark crimson. Foliage glossy dark 

 bronzy red, making the whole plant very striking and orna- 

 mental. $1 50 each. 



Geo. Huster. Brilliant crimson flowers ten to twelve 

 inches in diameter. A vigorous grower and very free-flower- 

 $2.00 each. 



New Violet-blue Day-blooming 

 Water Lily. 



Grossherzog Ernst Ludwig. This splendid Novelty 

 is described and offered on page 272. 



We were awarded the GRAND PRIZE at the St. Louis Exposition for Water Lilies. 



