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Nysiph/EA Odorata at Home. 



HARDY NYnPH/EAS. 



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. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Qladstoniana, An extraordinary fine form of N. alba, the 

 largest flower and best white of this type, producing flowers 

 6 to 8 inclies in diameter, of dazzling -whiteness; petals 

 concave, l)road and spreading, stanu ns yellow, sepals green 

 and white. The plant is very robust, and requires more 

 space than the above varieties and water not less than two 

 feet in depth. Certificated by the Mass. Horticultural 

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



Laydekeri liliacea. A French hybrid ; flowers soft rosy lilac 



shaded bright carmine, tea-rose fragrance ; moderate grower 

 and very free-flowering. An exquisite variety. $1.50 each. 



Laydekeri purpurata. A most interesting variety of French 

 origin, the flowers are of a rosy crimson, darker in the centre, 

 outer petals and sepals light rose, stamens reddish orange. 

 §1.50 each. 



Laydekeri rosea. One of the choicest of this group ; flowers 

 of medium size, delicate rosy pink on opening, changing each 

 succeeding day to dark rose and bright carmine, stamens 

 orange red. §2.50 each. 



Marliacea albida. A vigorous variety of the Al alba t>'pe; 

 flowers large, of sparkling whiteness, stamens light yellow, 

 sepals flushed pink, fragrant, and produced freely and con- 

 tinuously through the season. Very desirable. 75 cts. each ; 

 $7.50 per doz. 



riarliacea carnea. Similar to the preceding save in color, 



which is of a soft flesh-pink, deepening towards the base of 

 the petals. 75 cts. each ; S7.50 per doz. 



riarliacea Chromatella. A very free and vigorous grower, 

 and should not be planted in too shallow water nor crowded; 

 flowers 4 to 6 inches across, bright yellow, petals numerous, 

 broad, concave, stamens deep yellow, leaves deep green, 

 beautifully blotched with brown. A free and continuous 

 bloomer, on which account it is a universal favorite. 50 cts. 

 each ; $5.00 per doz. 



Marliacea rosea. Resembles A'! Af. camea in habit and . 

 growth ; flowers large, deep rose color, young leaves pur- 

 plish-red changing to deep green. One of the very best pink 

 hardy water lilies and useful for cutting. $1.25 each. 



Odorata. This is the fragrant Pond Lily of the northeastern 

 United States; flowers white, 3 to 5 inches in diameter, 

 sepals green, tinged with reddish brown, petals numerous, 

 ovate to lance-shaped, stamens yellow, leaves dark green 

 above, under surface deep red to reddish green ; desirable in 

 a collection, but belter when planted in quantity in natural 

 ponds for effect and for cut flowers. All Nymphseas of this- 

 tvpe are useful for naturalizing. 20 cts. each ; S2.00 per doz. 



Odorata gigantea. Rice field-water lily of the southeastern 

 United States; leaves large, 12 to 16 inches across, green, 

 under side at times tinged purplish toward margin, edge 

 often turned up, flowers 4 to 7 inches across, pure white, 

 petals numerous. A superb variety. 20 cts. each ; $2 00 per 

 doz. 



Odorata minor. A miniature form of the type ; growing in 

 some sections in shallow water, in cold bogs, also where 

 water recedes entirely in the summer. A dainty, fragrant,, 

 white flower, 2 to 3 inches across. Can be grown in a tub. 

 20 cts. each ; 82 00 per doz. 



Odorata rosea, [syn. N. rubra). Cape Cod Pond Lily; 

 flowers 4 inches across; color, a beautiful rose pink, deeper 

 in the centre ; stamens yellow ; veiy fragrant and free-flower- 

 ing; leaves dark reddish on both sides when young, becom- 

 ing green above. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 



'THE WATER GARDEN." A book about Water Lilies, gives full cultural directions. Price$2.oo, postpaid. 



