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Group of Nymph,ea Marliacea Varieties 



Hardy Nymphseas. 



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. 



Flava. The well-known Water Lily of Florida. Flowers 

 pale yellow, 3 to 4 inches across, and standing 3 to 4 inches 

 out of the water ; leaves dark green, blotched brown; shy 

 bloomer. Probably a variety of N. Mexicana. 25 cts. each ; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



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

 largest flower and best white of this type, producing flowers 

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

 cave, broad and spreading, stamens 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. 50 

 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 



Laydekeri lilacea. A French hybrid; flowers soft rosy lilac 

 shaded bright carmine, tea-rose fragrance ; moderate grower 

 and very free-flowering. An exquisite variety. $1.00 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. 

 $1.00 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. 00 each. 



flarliacea albida. A vigorous variety of the N. alba type; 

 flowers large, of sparkling whiteness, stamens light yellow, 

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

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

 $7.50 per doz. 



flarliacea 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 ; $7.50 per doz. 



Marliacea 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. 



flarUacea rosea. Resembles N. M. carnea in habit and 

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

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

 hardy Water Lilies and useful for cutting. $1.00 each ; $10.00 

 per doz. 



Mexicana. Floating leaves, dark green above, beautifully 

 mottled with brown ; under surface dark crimson-brown, with 

 small blackish dots. Flowers 4 to 5 inches across, raised 4 

 to 5 inches above the water; bright canary-yellow, petals 

 grading in size and shape insensibly into the stamens, which 

 are golden yellow ; rhizome erect, producing numerous run- 

 ners, forming young plants, which produce flowers in a few 

 weeks. Mexico. 30 cts. 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 better when planted in quantity in natural 

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

 type are useful for naturalizing. -20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



Odorata Caroliniana. A superb variety and highly recom- 

 mended ; stronger grower and larger than the type ; leaves 

 12 inches across, green above, reddish green in young state, 

 red beneath, flowers fragrant, seven inches across; petals 

 abundant, lance-shaped, color delicate rosy flesh, stamens 

 yellow. $1 50 each. 



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; $2 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 ; very fragrant and free-flower- 

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

 ing geen above. 50 cts. each ; $5 00 per doz. 



"THE WATER GARDEN," a book about Water Lilies, gives full cultural directions. Price, $2.00, postpaid. 



