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He ton. Water Poppy and Parrot 
veranda with other plants. 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
RARE WAT EE R PLAN TS. 
s a tub " r tw » of water plants this summer. It will be 
rr,o’ f ^ friends all the season, bach plants as the Water Hyacinth. A in,no 
r rots Feather, may, of coarse, he grown in small pans in the window or on a 
Water Hyaciptb- 
Tile translucent delicacy of tlie Water Hyacinth's tints, 
and its sparkling, frost-like crystallization of texture can 
not be caught by the artist's brush or pictured to the reader's 
imagination by cold type. In every sense it is a peculiar 
and beautiful plant. Each plant is a rosette-like cluster of 
smooth, round green leaves, to each of which is attached a 
singular puffed bladder like petiole or leaf-stalk that enables 
the plant to float like a boat, until the muss of feathery 
indtgo-blue roots—themselves a notable feature in this plant 
—nud mooring to their notion and send anchoring roots into 
the soil below. When the long full spikes of superlatively 
beautiful flowers appear, no praise can bo too high for them. 
Each flower in the snike is the size of a silver dollar, a blend- 
sprinkled with diamond dust. Grows well in small vessels 
in the window, or in tubs, or pools out of doors. Blooms best 
in full sun, no matter how hot it may be. It is an odd, curi¬ 
ous, and wonderfully beautiful plant, and all lovers of rare 
flowers shonld have it. Fine plants for blooming soon, 30c. 
each; 3for 50c.; 7 for $1.00. 
Nyipptpea. 
Lovely Pond Lilies of which everyone is so fond. Many 
of the new foreign varieties grow and bloom from seed the 
first year, and among them there is a great variety of colors, 
white, yellow, blue, purple, etc. Seed should be sown in a 
C .n or saucer of mud. just covered with water. In a warm 
mperuture they will germinate quickly, 
lanxlbaronsls. The grand day-blooming African Water 
Lily, with enormous incurved flowers of the most exquis¬ 
ite coloring, and so profuse blooming that a tub of them 
is never without flowers from early summer until frost. 
They grow so rapidly that they will bloom in ten weeks 
from seed. Give them a very rich soil, full sun. and 
shallow water to start in. Seed should be sown on the 
surface of cups of soil, covered with tepid water. Of this 
exquisite Lily there are two colors, blue and purple-red 
e can supply seed of the two, mixed, at 'Sir. per packet. 
Marlacea Chromatella. In our opinion this is the most, 
lovely of all Water Lilies. It will commence blooming 
* n . May and show flowers every day until October. It 
wdl thrive in a pond, stream, pool, or even a water pail, 
and bloom well. Perfectly hardy. Flowers large and 
double, and of the most lovely chrome-yellow shade ever 
seen. It lias a delicacy and beauty unoqualed by any 
other sort. Leaves large and very handsome. Fine 
plants for blooming at once, 75c. each. 
Maxlcana (Golden W ater Hilt). A lovely golden yellow 
I ond Lily, much like Odorata except. In color. The leaves 
also show a brown variegation over the ground work of 
40c e eaeh profuse ’ all summer. 
Odorata Cigantea, We do not offer the common Pond 
Lily > 5;mphtea Odorata, as this new form has all of its 
exquisite beauty and fragrance, together with double its 
size and more deeply cupped flowers. Tile lovely center 
of quivering golden stamens, so much admired In the 
oM Pond Li ly, is more t han twice as large in this vari¬ 
ety, giving it a very distinct and charming appearance, 
its waxen, white flowers, six to eight inches across, being 
indescribably pure and lovely. It blooms from early till 
late, much more freely than the common sort. Fine 
plants, 25c. each; 3 for 60c.; 5 for SI .00. 
Dentata I Night- Blooming Star Lilt). There Is nothing 
among water plants liner than this. Opens about eight 
o clock tn the evening and closes at noon the next dav. 
It has flat, star-1 iko blossoms of a lovely pearlv-white 
and is very fragrant. Flowers from 6to 12 inches across! 
- and blooms freely from seed the first season. Seed. 25c 
per packet. ' 
Apoqogetoq Distacbyop. 
A new perpetual-blooming aquatic plant, of peculiar 
beauty and delicious fragrance. It is a near relative to the 
ordinary I ond Lily, but its flowers are entirely different, and 
we can compare them to nothing more appropriate than an 
alligator s head with open mouth. Thov are pure white 
toothed inside and spotted with black. They have a strong, 
delicious pond-lily fragrance. The leaves are long and nar- 
r w %v w, Joat upon the water, while the flowers are raised 
slightly above it. I bis is a plan which can be conveniently 
grown in a small tub or vessel of any kind, and it Isa per¬ 
petual bloomer, being never without flowers, when in a 
growing condit ion, both summer and winter. It is exceed¬ 
ingly rare, and we believe has not before been offered to tho 
general public. Fine plants, 30c. each ; 3 for 50c. 
Parrot’s Feather. 
A lovely mossy water plant, with long trailing stems 
covered with plumy, feathery foliage of the freshest, love¬ 
liest green imaginable. 16c. each; 4 for 50c. 
Water Poppy. 
A thrifty plant with pretty, cheerful blossoms of a bright 
lemon color, large size, and produced freely all summer. 
Can be grown in tub. bucket or pond with fcne greatest of 
ease. It is exceedingly showy, owing to itssize, pretty color 
and great masses of bloom. 30c. each : ;i for 50c. 
Neldiqbiliiq or T-otiis. 
Speclosum. The Egyptian or Sacred Lotus, one of the 
grandest of all water plants, thriving in rich mud and 
shallow water, throwing up great clumps that stand 
three to six feet above the water. Enormous round, 
slightly dished leaves, one to two feetaeross. while above 
these are borne the gigantic double pink flowers, each 
one ten to twelve inches across. Reaches the largest size 
in leaf and bloom in still ponds, but do well in tubs or 
tanks. Rlooms from July until frost, and is perfectly 
hardy if the roots reach below frost. Tub plants can be 
wintered in cellar. Seed. 40c. per pkt.: plants. $1.25 each. 
Luteum. Much like Speclosum. with great bowl-like 
blooms of a rich creamy or sulphur yellow. Seed 20c. 
per pkt.; plants. 75c. each. 
Album. Lovely pure white; very rare and beautiful. Fine 
plants, $1.50 each. 
