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MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. 



J^ymphaea Odorata T^sea* ^ 



This is the rare and hitherto high-priced Cape Cod Pink 

 Pond Lily, and is, without exception, the most lovely of 

 all the hardy Nymphceas. It begins to bloom earlier in 

 the season than Odorata^ continues to bloom later, and is 

 of an exquisite pink or rose color, almost exactly the same 

 shade as that of the old Hermosa Rose. Growing among 

 the white varieties, its beauty is simply bewitching. It 

 has long been held at high prices— S^.OO and $2.50 per root. 

 Fine flowering roots, 50c. each, postpaid ; 2 for 90c. ; 3 

 for « 1.20. 



My^phaea Odorata* ^ ^ 



Our hardv native Water or Pond Lily, the praises of 

 which can never be too highly sung. Its lovely white, 

 and deliciously fragrant, flowers appear at an advan- 

 tage beside the most costly exotics. In very rich soil 

 it will produce flowers 6 inches and leaves 13 inches 

 across. Price, 15c. each ; 3 for 35c. 



tJymphaea Odorata Gigantea. 



This is a gigantic form of the white Water Lily. The 

 leaves have their edges very curiously ruffled, and in 

 some instances turned up, forming a rim, after the 

 manner of the Victoria Regia. Flowers fragrant, pure 

 white, with a golden - yellow center, and of a de- 

 cided cup shape, giving it a very distinct appearance. 

 It begins to flower very early in the spring, and con- 

 tinues to bloom profusely until frost. Fine roots, 20c. 

 each ; 3 for 50c. 



f^ymphaea Zanzibarensis* ^ ^ 



Red, White and Blue Everblooming 

 Water liilies. 



The growth of these three African Water Lilies is so 

 ^^oaderful and rapid that seeds sown in February or 

 March will make nice little plants by June, and if planted 

 out then will begin blooming in July, and continue to pro- 

 duce a profusion of flowers every day until frozen up in 

 the fall. They are as easily grown from seeds as are the 

 Balsams or Asters, and are best treated as annuals. 



Pkt., 50 seeds, red, white and blue mixed, 6c. 



To Grow them from Seed.— In February or March take 

 old tea-cups and fill them about two-thirds full with fine, 

 rich garden soil, press it down firm and scatter the seeds 

 on the surface, half a packet or a full packet to each cup, 

 covering them to a depth of an eighth of a quarter of an 

 inch with clean sand. Fill up carefully with water, so as 

 not to disturb the seeds, and place where they will keep 

 at a temperature of 70 to 80 degrees, until they germinate, 

 which will be in from six to fifteen days. After the plants 

 have made leaves a quarter of an inch across, transplant 



=' them to two-inch pots, or other cups. Set one plant to 

 each pot or cup, press the soil down firm, and set them in 



Z a pan of water deep enough to cover the plants about an 

 inch. They can be kept m greenhouse, hotbed or warm, 

 sunnv window in the house until time to plant out in the 

 tubs.' Do not put them in the open air until the weather 

 has become quite warm, but they may be planted out 

 several weeks earlier if the tubs are covered with glass. 



