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A FEW FLOWERS 
[Rare Water-Lilies and other Aquatics—Concluded.] 
Pistia Stratiotes. A very curious plant, which floats upon the 
water, with its long fibrous roots extending downwards, but having no 
connection with the soil. It forms a rosette of light-green velvety 
leaves, about six inches across; likes plenty of heat and must be 
shaded from the direct rays of the sun. It does finely in a tub of 
water placed in a vinery or greenhouse in summer, or in the open air 
under a tree. It is sometimes called the Water Lettuce. 25 cents 
each, $2 per dozen. 
Papyrus Antiquorum. This is the true Egyptian Paper Plant. 
From the snow-white pith of its triangular stalks the first paper was 
made. They are five or six feet high, and support at the top a tuft 
of long thread-like leaves, which give the plant a graceful and strik¬ 
ing appearance. It grows finely in shallow water with rich soil or 
mud, and makes a splendid companion for flowering aquatics. It will 
also flourish and make a fine clump in the garden, with no more water 
than Cannas require o make them do well. 75 cents each. 
Superb New Vari-eties of Auratum Lilies. 
We have imported direct from Japan a large stock of these splendid new varieties of the well known Auratum Lily. 
They are among the most exquisitely beautiful flowers we have ever seen. 
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LILIUM AURATUM VITTATUM RUBRUM. 
Auratum Macranthum. A giant 
flowered variety of the regular Aura¬ 
tum. Grand. Each, $1.75 ; $>8 per 
dozen. 
Auratum Vittatum Rubrum. 
Magnificent flowers, ten to twelve 
inches across. Clear waxy white, with 
a burnished crimson stripe half an inch 
wide through the centre of each petal, 
and the rest of the flower beautifully 
spotted crimson ; highly perfumed. 
(See cut.) Each, $1.25 ; $12 per dozen. 
Auratum Pictum. Another grand 
variety. Large white flowers, magnifi¬ 
cently spotted with crimson and ribbed 
with yellow changing to vermilion 
toward the ends ; very fragrant. Each, 
$1.50; $15 per dozen. 
Auratum Virginale Alba. Very 
large white flowers, ten to twelve 
inches across, with pale yellow stripe 
through each petal ; exquisitely per¬ 
fumed. Each, Si.25; $12 per dozen. 
Auratum Wittei. Magnificent 
flowers, ten to twelve inches across ; 
pure white, with raised spots of satin 
white, and a broad yellow stripe 
through the centre of each petal. Each, 
S2 ; $20 per dozen. 
Batemannlae. A Japanese Lily, 
growing three to four feet high, and 
producing bright apricot-tinted flowers. 
(July.) Each, 25 cents; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Elegans (Alice Wilson). A beau¬ 
tiful new distinct Japan variety, with 
large upright flowers, six inches across, 
of clear lemon-yellow. Each, $1.50 ; 
$15 per dozen. 
Krameri. Distinct from all other 
lilies ; large flowers of a soft, beautiful 
rose-color. Each, 50 cents ; $5 per 
dozen. 
Washingtonianum. A beautiful 
California variety, growing stiff and 
erect. Flowers white, tinted with pur¬ 
ple and lilac, eight to nine inches 
across when fully expanded. Three to 
five feet high. Blooms in the summer. 
Each, 30 cents ; $3 per dozen. 
Rubescens, or Washingtoni¬ 
anum Purpureum. A fine variety, 
with violet-white flowers and purple- 
black spots. Each, 30 cents; $3 per 
dozen. 
