14 DREER’S MID-SUMMER LIST. 
AQUATICS. 
(WATER LILIES, Etc.) 
The following varieties of tender Nymphzeas can be supplied during the entire season grown in large 
pots in strong flowering plants, and may be Howered successfully by submerging the pots in tubs of water 
in any warm sunny position. 
Nymphea. 
Tender Varieties. 
These can be wintered in a cellar, if kept in water 
at a temperature of not less than 55 degress. 
Nymphzea Dentata. A white flowering species, 
with petals expanding horizontally, making them 
star-shaped. They have an agreeable perfume, but 
not as strong as our native Lilly; the leaves are 
dark green, with serrated edges. First size, $2.50 
each ; second size, $1.50 each. 
Nymphezea Coerulea, (Scutifolia.) Thisspecies 
isa native of Egypt. It has bright green leaves 
and lavender blue flowers, about 4 inches in diame- 
ter; they are very fragrant, the perfume being 
entirely distinct from N. Odorata. It is very easily 
cultivated in a tub or tank, or it may be planted 
in a pond where the water is still and warm and 
the mud isvich. $2.50 each. 
Nymphzea Devoniensis. This is the choicest 
Water Lily in cultivation. Under liberal treat- 
ment it produces flowers 10 to 12 inches in diame- 
ter, and leaves 2 feet across, the plant having a 
spread of 20 feet. If confined in pans, tubs or 
boxes, the flowers are smaller, but otherwise just 
as fine; the color is a brilliant red, glowing by 
lamp-light with indescribable brightness. $2.50 
each. 
Nymphzea Rubra. This speciesis a native of 
India, with flowers of a brilliant rosy red, stamens 
scarlet. The flowers ore somewhat smaller than 
N. Devoniensis, measure from 6 to 8 inches, and 
are a trifle more cup-shaped. The leaves are of a 
rich brown, and when they fade, turn to a gold 
and crimson color, like autumn leaves. First size, 
$2.50 each ; second size, $1.50 each. 
Nymphea Zanzibariensis Azurea. The 
deepest colored and finest of all the blue Water 
Lilies ; under good cultivation producing flowers 
12 inches in diameter. $2.50 each. 
Pontederia Crassipes Major. 
(WATER HYACINTH.) | 
A very showy aquatic, bearing very freely flowers 
of a delicate lilac rose in trusses like a Hyacinth. 
The individual blooms are 2 inches in diameter. It 
should be grown in about 3 inches of water, so that 
the ends of the roots can enter the soil. 35 cts. each. 
THE WATER HYACINTH. 
