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NELUMBIUMS. 



No flowering plants, aquatic or others, are more worthy of cultivation than the Xelumbiums, and none can be cultivated more 

 easily. If they never bloomed, their foliage alone would be enough to win the admiration of everyone. Their enormous leaves, 

 of tender bluish green, held aloft on tall, flexible stalks, sway and wave in the slightest wind. But when this is crowned with a 

 wealth of beautiful flowers, gigantic in size, exquisitely tinted, perfect in form, and with a perfume strong, yet delicate, it is easily 

 understood why they hold the foremost place among aquatics. 



Their culture is quite simple, requiring the same treatment as other hardy Water Lilies, which is fully given on pages 233 and 234. 



Some varieties are slow in growth after transplanting, and it may be the second year before they flower; but the second 

 and third seasons generally repay for any extra 

 care or patience expended. 



All Nelumbiums are suitable for tub cul- 

 ture, 



Nelumbiums can only be supplied in 

 dormant tubers from May ist to June 

 fjt/i, after which date only such varieties 

 as we can furnish in pots should be planted. 



Album (irandi riorum (Si;/. A. fiori- 

 bunda). A grand white variety, whose 

 purity, fragrance, size, majestic foliage and 

 hardiness stamp it as one of the best. Dor- 

 mant tubers, $2.50 each. 



Kermesinum. Another distinct and charm- 

 ing variety, bearing flowers resembling the 

 Hermosa Rose in color; the earliest flowering 

 variety, blooming end of June in this section. 

 Dormant tubers, $1.50 each; pot plants, 

 $2.50 each. 



Kinshiren. Flowers white shaded pink; 

 very free- flowering, coming into bloom early 

 and continuing throughout the season. Dor- 

 mant tubers, $2.50 each; pot plants, $3.50 

 each. 



Luteum {American Lotus Water Chin- 

 quapin)'. A superb variety with yellow 

 flowers; indigenous in the Western and South- 

 ern States. It has been introduced into the 

 Eastern States, where, as a rule, it grows as 

 freely as any native plant. Dormant tubers, 

 $1.00 each; pot plants, $2.00 each. 



Osiris. A beautiful, globular flower of a pure, 

 deep rose, very rich and pleasing; early 

 and free- flowering. Dormant tubers, $2.50 

 each; pot plants, $3.50 each. 



Pekinensis rubrum. This is the best dark 

 colored variety in cultivation; the flowers are 

 brilliant rosy-carmine, 10 to 12 inches across, 

 outer petals well reflexed, having the graceful 

 form of N. Speciosum; foliage large and 

 handsome; vigorous and free-flowering. Dor- 

 mant tubers, $-1.00 each; pot plants, $5.00 

 each. 



, T , .. , Nelumbiums. 



Pekinensis rubrum plenum. Identical 



with the preceding, but with immense giant double pteony-flowered blooms. Dormant tubers, .So. 00 each; pot plants, $6.00 each. 



Roseum. Flowers of a uniform deep rose-pink. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each; pot plants, $3.50 each. 



Roseum plenum. A magnificent variety, with large, full, double bright rose flowers. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each; pot plants, 

 $3.50 each. 



Shlroman This superb variety is unquestionably the grandest ever introduced; the enormous flowers are snow-white, exceed- 

 ingly double, and borne on stout stalks well above the foliage; it is a vigorous grower and very free-flowering, and equally as 

 hardy as the' well-known N. Speciosum. Dormant tubers, $3.00 each; pot plants, $4.00 each. 



Speciosum (Eo-yptian Lotus). The well-known species. Its superb flowers and magnificent foliage produce a splendid sub- 

 tropical effect. * The flowers, which are about a foot across when fully opened, are of a deep rose color, creamy-white at base of 

 petals; exquisitely fragrant. Dormant tubers, $1.50 each; pot plants, $2.50 each. 



For Seeds of Nelumbiums and Nymphaeas see page 113. 



