New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM. ( See page 1 50. ) 
NYMPHiBA, Continued. 
N. Sturtevantii. A splendid and free-blooming Amer- 
ican hybrid, with light rosy red flowers. So. 
N. tuberosa. A fine hardy white species, with distinct 
leaves; is abundant in the western portions of the 
United States. 50 cents. 
N. Zanzibarensis. A superb Water Lily, with purple 
flowers; from East Africa; very beautiful and free 
flowering. §5. 
azurea. Lighter blue flowers. $4. 
N. rosea. liosy flowers; very fine. $4. 
ORONTIUM aquaticum. A pretty American hardy 
aquatic plant. 25 cents. 
OnVIRANDRA fenestralis. The "Lace Plant," 
from Madagascar; a singular and beautiful aquatic 
plant, with peculiar foliage, which is finely divided, 
resembling lace or lattice-work; it grows just under 
the surface of the water, and is exceedingly desirable 
for aquariums. $2.50. 
FANICVM variegatum. A pretty grass-like plant, 
useful for margins of ponds. 30 cents. 
P. virgatum. Hardy. 2o cents. 
PAPYRUS anticLuorum. The Egyptian Paper Reed 
or Kush. A beautiful reedy aquatic plant, with very 
gracefully disposed pendent leaves at the top of long 
stems. Interesting aud handsome. $1. 
PELTANDRA virginica. The well-known "Arrow 
Arum ;" a fine hardy plant for aquatic planting. 25 c. 
FISTIA Stratiotes. A very interesting small water 
plant ot i)ecnliar shape, called Water Lettuce, or 
Water Dock. It requires a warm place, in which it 
grows rapidly; leaves are wedge-shaped, light pea- 
green. 50 cents. 
PONTEDERIA cordata. A curious water plant, 
with sky blue flowers. 
P. crassipes (Elchhornia) . A useful hardy aquatic, na- 
tive to North America. $1. 
PRIOiriUM Palmita. The Palm Reed, from the Cape 
of Good Hope. A vei-y beautiful and conspicuous 
decorative plant for marshes or ponds. $1..50. 
ROHDEA japonica var. A remai-kable Japanese 
plant with white flowers; half hardy. .W cents to $1. 
RUMEX. The species noted are the great Water Docks ; 
the.v are valuable swamp plants. 
R. hydropiper $0 25 
R. hydrolapathum 25 
RICHARDIA. A well-known. genus of elegant green- 
house bulbous plants, erroneously called Calla, which 
also flourish in low and moist situations, around fount- 
ains, on borders of tanks or streams, etc. Both the 
I sjici'ies are ornamental in any situation. 
R. .Sthiopica (Afriainn). The Lily of the Nile; its 
beautiful white flower spathes are produced in winter 
and spring under ordinary circumstances, but iu sum- 
mer if grown as an aquatic. 25 cents to SI. 
R. albo-maculata. A form with a greenish white 
spathe, smaller than /{, .Htliiiipica ; the leaves are beau- 
tifully spotted with white; a most beautiful ornamen- 
tal plant, of easy growth. 25 cents to-?l. See cut, p. 150. 
SAGITTARIA. Fine white flowering water plants, 
with arrow-shaped leaves. 
S. Chinensis $0 25 
S. sagittifolia. The common Arrow-IIead .... 25 
SELINUM decipiens. A plant of great beauty, and of 
effective and decorative habit. $1. 
I SENECIO platanifolia. A free-growing plant for 
I aquatic borders. 50 cents. 
