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Lily Park, George B. Moulder, Proprietor, Smith’s Grove, Ky. 
NELUMBIUM ALBUM GRANDIFLORUM 
Nelumbium Album Grandiflorum. 
(Magnolia Lotus.) 
All things considered this is one of the grandest and most 
desirable Water Lilies in cultivation. 
The color of the flower is a clear pearly white, the outside 
of the outer petals being softened with cream at their bases. 
The texture is fine and uniform as in Nelumbium Roseum. 
The stamens are long, numerous and prominent; color bright 
sulphur yellow. The seed pod is of the same rich color and 
displays well the beautiful sparkling waxy white pistils. 
Both foliage and flower are stronger and more bulky than the 
Egyptian Lotus; the flower opens out wider and the petals are 
broader and more rounded. It is the largest of all the Lot¬ 
uses, is delightfully fragrant, and outstrips in magnificence 
the loveliness and splendor of the Magnolia. It has proven to 
be perfectly hardy anywhere in the United States or southern 
provinces of Canada. If grown in tubs or tanks, where it be¬ 
comes “root bound,” the flowering quality is greatly enhanced. 
Price $1.00 each. 
Nelumbium album striatum. 
Petals white faintly edged and marked with crimson. This 
is the sacred Lotus of India and is worthy a place in every 
collection. Price $1.50 each. 
Nelumbium roseum. 
The Chinese Lotus, and is the deepest colored variety in 
cultivation being a uniform deep rosy pink. It is quite vig¬ 
orous and free. $1.00 each. 
Nelumbium kermesinum. 
Another Japanese Lotus being lighter colored than N. Rob- 
eum , a shade of pink somewhat resembling the Hermosa 
Rose. $1.00 each. 
Nelumbium Shiroman. 
A magnificent new Japanese Lotus with very large double 
white flowers almost as full and double as a poeonia. Very 
promising. $2.50 each. 
Nelumbium Kinshiren. 
A dwarf variety from Japan. Flowers somewhat resemble 
N. Speciosum. Free blooming. A fine tub plant. $2.50 each. 
Nelumbium luteum. 
(American Lotus.) 
Native of the United States and held sacred by the aborigi¬ 
nal Indians. In color of flower, yellow predominates in ex¬ 
actly the same proportions that pink does in the Egyptian 
Lotus, the first day it being bright lemon yellow, growing 
lighter each morning, until it is almost pure white. It is the 
only yellow Lotus, and is in every way as worthy and desira¬ 
ble as any of its exotic companions. 
Large tubers, 75 cents each, 3 for $1.80; flowering tubers, 50 
cents each, 3 for $1.25. 
Nelumbium speciosum. 
(Egyptian Lotus.) 
For four thousand years it has been a patent fact that the 
Egyptian Sacred Lotus emanated from the hand of God a 
perfect creation, and defies improvement. The largest, the 
most beautiful and the most delicately perfumed of all flowers, 
it rises up to the height of 8 feet, and unfurls its blushing 
glories queen of the floral world. The first morning the flower 
opens it is decidedly “cupped,” shows an even, bright, rosy 
pink color and fills the air with a most agreeable aroma pecu- 
liary its own. In the center the broad, flattened seed-pod, 
which resembles a nugget of gold set with rows of pearls, is 
encircled by a filagree of stamens almost as long as the inner 
petals. The second morning the petals open farther back, 
and have become lighter in color. The third morning they 
open still farther back, giving the flower a globular shape, and 
have become still lighter. At this stage the flowers at a dis¬ 
tance appear nearly white, but closer examination shows 
their original brightness at the tips of the petals, which blend 
through light pink, soft rose and cream white to light yellow 
at their bases. The fourth day the petals begin to “loll” and 
fall. The plant is perfectly hardy and vigorous, caring little 
whether it is in water 6 feet deep or growing out in low, swam¬ 
py ground. Its blooming period extends from June 20 to Octo¬ 
ber 1. It is the best of all Water Lilies for tub culture, and is 
the center of attraction in any collection. 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 
