New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
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VICTORIA rogia. Truly the queen of Water Lilies. 
A magnificent and remarkable giant aquatic plant, 
needing a high temperature to develop its flowers, which 
are a foot or more in diameter, and very beautiful The 
leaves are also enormous, being four to six feet in 
diameter, lying flat on the water, with peculiar turned-up 
margins. These gigantic leaves are sufficiently buoy- ' 
«« ' Special collections of the best and most distinct i 
at special rates. 
ant on the water to support the weight of a child of eight 
or ten years. This grand plant may be flowered out- 
doors in summer by any one who can provide a tank in 
which the water can be kept at 80 or 85 degrees. See 
page 94. Plants, $5 ; seeds, 25 cents each. 
VILLARSIA nyini>hieoides. See Limnanthemum. 50 
cents. 
aaatir.3, snlted to eitber larg; or small ponds, made up 
OUTDOOR AQUATIC TANKS. 
It should be noted that all those Marsh Plants or Aquatics which are hardy can be left out in the basins or tanks, 
covered with leaves and litter, which preserves the plants as well as the tank or basin, in which no water should be 
left during winter. All those which are not hardy can be kept over winter in small tubs, in the greenhouse under 
the stages, or in some similar place where not much room is wasted with them, and they can be kept at a tempera- 
ture above freezing. The tank for Aquatics can be sunk in the lawn in a sunny position, or on the south side of a 
building or fence. Provide means for emptying the tank from the bottom, and a waste-pipe near the top for over-flow- 
so that fresh water can be run in occasionally to prevent stagnation. Such a tank needs to be well protected from 
severefrost in winter. Aquatics may also be grown in the basins of fountains, but they will not flourish if the spray is 
allowed to fall upon the leaves. Water enough to keep that in the basin fresh may be allowed to run in, but no more, 
as this would lower the tem|)erature too much. 
The best soil for growing all kinds of aquatic plants is rich loam, mixed with decayed stable or cow manure, in 
equal quantities, with the addition of about one pound of bone meal to a wheelbarrow load of the compost. Leaf- 
mold or fine black peat can no doubt always be used to advantage. Rich mud from the bed of a pond or sluggish 
stream will answer in place of the loam, but is not essential. The compost should be well mixed, placed in the ta'nk 
and covered with about an inch of good, clean sand to keep the manure from rising ; then let in the water several days 
before putting in the plants. Nelumbinms must be grown in heavy loam or clay, well enriched. They will not flourish 
in sand or sandy peat. 
«r-We fnrnisb collections of Hardy Aqnatics in twelve and twenty-five varieties at from $S to $9 per dozen. 
OHVIK.\Nl)R.^ FENKSTRAI.IS. 
For description and price, see page 96. 
