Lily Park, George B. Moulder, Proprietor, Smith’s Grove, Ky. 
5 
Nymphaea 
Alba. 
The English 
Water Lily, and 
type of the class 
to which it be¬ 
longs. Resem¬ 
bles JY. alb a 
candid is sima , 
though not as 
large or free- 
flowering. 
Price, $1 each. 
Nymphaea Alba Candidissima. 
For years the standard white Water Lily. Wherever an 
abundance of bloom is wanted on small space, it has no supe¬ 
rior. Though several years are required for a small plant to 
establish a perfect specimen, one can well afford to wait, or 
plant several strong roots to begin with, rather than do with¬ 
out this choice aquatic. The flowers are next in size to JY. Su- 
perba , often measuring 10 inches across. The petals are very 
broad, rounded at the point, and pure waxy white. The se¬ 
pals on the inner side have a beautiful rosy tint, which har¬ 
monizes exquisitely with the white petals and broad golden 
stamens, and gives the flower a richness possessed by no oth¬ 
er Lily. The leaves are ovate-cordate, with folding lobes, and 
measure 18 to 20 inches across. It is perfectly hardy any¬ 
where, but delights in a warm situation. If given proper cul¬ 
ture, it will bloom all winter. 
Strong roots, 50 cts. each. Large rhizomes, one foot long or 
over, by express, $1.50 to $2 each. 
Nymphaea Marliacea Rosea. 
All the Marliacea family are hardy as rocks and very free 
flowering. They are good size, fragrant, have excellent habits 
and are all told the most desirable class of hardy Nymphaeas. 
This variety for all purposes is the most excellent of all the 
pink Water Lilies. It is larger, deeper colored, and the petals 
are broader than JY. Odorata JJosea while its season of bloom 
is much longer. $1.25 each. 
Nymphaea Marliacea Carnea. 
I lowers a pleasant light rose or flesh tint. Quite charming 
and rare. $1.00 each. 
Nymphaea Marliacea Chromatella. 
The greatest acquisition yet attained in yellow Nymphseas. 
The flowers measure 8 inches across, are delightfully fragrant, 
and freely produced. Both stamens and petals are a beautiful 
lemon-yellow at their bases, exquisitely softening into light 
creamy yellow at their tips. The leaves are dark green, ir¬ 
regularly blotched with brown. One of the best, and should 
be in every collection. Strong roots, 50 cents each. 
Nymphaea Marliacea Albida. 
The type of Marliacea species; has strong, bold foliage, and 
pure, clear white “cupped” flowers,*broad petals and yellow 
stamens. Price, 75 cents each.® 
Nymphaea Tuberosa. 
A distinct native species. Flowers 7 inches in diameter, 
slightly fragrant. Petals chalky white, narrow and ['pointed; 
sepals green. Leaves tan green, strong and heavy, and often 
stand up edgewise above the water. A very shy bloomer. 
Price, 40 cents each. 
Nymphaea Flava. 
Native of Florida. Leaves and flowers somewhat smaller 
than those of JS T . odorata. Color bright lemon yellow; delici¬ 
ously scented. Leaves variegated with brown. It is hardy, 
but does best when treated as a tender aquatic. Shy bloomer. 
Price, 25 cents each ; 8 for $1.00. 
Nymphaea Pygmaea. 
A tiny craft of Water Lilies, with leaves 3 inches and flow¬ 
ers 1% inches in diameter. Pygmseas indeed when compared 
with their aristocratic and giant cousins, Nymphaea siqoerba 
or the Lotus, one leaf of which will cover a whole colony of 
them! Flowers scented, pure white, with yellow stamens. 
Perfectly hardy. Good for aquariums. 
Price, 75 cents each. 
Nymphaea Pygmaea Helviola. 
A trifle larger than the type. Flowers sulphur-yellow; foli¬ 
age irregularly blotched with brown. Price, 75 cents each. 
Nelumbiums. 
A LOTUS POND. 
This is an order of plants wholly unlike the Nymphseas. 
Some of the leaves float on the water; the others rise 4 to 8 
feet above. Each of the towering leaves is acompanied by 
a flower stem, straight, elastic and pointed, not unlike an 
Indian arrow, sometimes piercing the leaf near the center, but 
more generally passing the edge, though in either case it lifts 
its gigantic bud a foot or more above this waving sea of green to 
unfurl its splendor. The root is tuberous, and in size, shape 
and color resembles a banana. A few days after planting, 
the tuber sends out a long, smooth,white runners, which makes 
joints or plants from 1 to 4 feet apart. From the first, of these 
joints arises the floating leaves, and from those formed later 
the upright leaves and flower stalks. The runner will travel 
20 to 30 feet during the season and branches several times, send¬ 
ing up flowers and leaves at each new joint. On the approach 
of cold weather the ends of the runners dive into the mud 
from 6 inches to 2 feet deep, entirely below the frost line if the 
bottom if the pond is of soil. Plere they form tubers, which 
remain dormant until the warm days of spring, when from 
them new runners start. 
