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TENDER WATER LILIES. 
Euryale ferox. This was the noblest aquatic plant in cultivation 
prior to the introduction of the Victoria. The circular leaves are 
from 2 to 3 feet in diameter, upper side olive-green, curiously 
puckered and spiny; the under side a rich purple with prominent 
spiny veins. Flowers small, deep violet. $1.50 each. 
Nymphza capensis—Thumb. (syz. A. scutifolia, D. C., N. 
Cerulea, B. M. 552, and American Gardens). Cape Blue 
Water Lily; flowers rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across; sepals 
green outside, whitish within, flushed blue. A very desirable 
species and useful for cutting. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
— cerulea—Savigny. (syx. WV. Stellata Willd., N. scutifolia of 
Gardens). Blue Lotus of Egypt. Leaves oval, 12 to 16 inches 
across, under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplish 
at margin. Flowers 3 to 6 inches across; buds conical-pointed ; 
sepals thickly marked with black lines and dots; petals 14 to 20, 
lanceolaze, acute, light blue above, lower half dull white; stamens 
yellow. Free grower and bloomer. 75 cts. each ; $7.50 per doz.. 
— Gracilis. A Mexican species of great merit and the only white 
day-flowering tropical species in cultivation. Leaves green, 15 to 17 
inches across, deeply and irregularly sinuate, angles of lobes rounded; 
flowers white, 6 to 8 inches across; petals numerous, lanceolate; stamens 
deep yellow, distinct and free-flowering. The flowers standing a foot or more 
out of the water, and possessing a delicate fragrance. Desirable for cutting. $1.00 
each; $10.00 per doz. 
—Tlirs.C.W. Ward. A hybrid 
of MV. gracilis, possessing all the 
good qualities of that variety, but 
is a stronger grower, flowers 
much larger, being from 8 to 10 
inches in diameter, and borne on 
stout stems fifteen inches above 
the water. Color deep rosy-pink 
with golden-yellow stamens; a 
most desirable variety for cutting. 
Certificated at Newv York by the 
Society of American Florists. 
$2.50 each. 
NyMPHZA 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Nymphezea Pennsylvania. A 
hybrid that originated in the 
botanical department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and 
which is most aptly described as 
an improved WV, pulcherrima, the 
flowers being much larger in size 
and of a deeper, richer blue; 
otherwise it possesses all the 
many good points of that grand, 
free and continuous dJowering 
blue Nymphza. $3.00 each. 
AQUARIUM PLANTS. 
—Pulcherrima. A _ beautiful 
We make a specialty of these, 
growing large quantities of the 
best varieties. See descriptive 
list on next page. 
hybrid of 4. cerz/ea ; under sur- 
face of leaves green, densely 
blotched with purplish-black,mar- 
NympH#a Mrs. C. W. Warp. gined purplish-red. Flowers 
light blue, 10 to 12 inches across; stamens yellow, buds sharply conical, sepals 
marked with black lines and dots. This variety flowers continuously winter 
and summer, and is the best for furnishing flowers early and late in the 
season. $2.00 each. 
— Wm. Stone. No color in Water Lilies is more attractive than 
blue, and in this variety we have one of the most distinct and 
pleasing of this shade, the color being a rich violet-blue shaded 
amaranth ; stamens purple with deep yellow centre. It has long, 
pointed buds like WV. pulcherrima ; it also stands well out of the 
water, and is of vigorous, spreading habit. The flowers open 
early in the day and remain open until late in the evening. 
$5.00 each. 
— Zanzibariensis. A superb Water Lily, and the darkest 
blue or purple of the genus; leaves deep green above, under 
surface suffused violet, 8 to 15 inches across. Flowers 6 to 10 
inches in diameter; petals numerous deep blue; sepals green 
outside, deep purplish-blue within ; back of anthers dark crimson- 
violet; very free-lowering and exquisitely fragrant. $1.50 each. 
— —azurea. Similar to the type, but flowers opening wider and of a 
lighter blue color. 75 cts. each ; $7.50 per doz. 
___ rosea. Flowers rose of various shades, otherwise like the type, but open- 
ing earlier in the morning. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
NyYMPHZA 
ZANZIBARIENSIS. 
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