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IHE ease with which Water Lilies and Aquatics are cultivated, the certainty of handsome results the same season they are planted, the 
T magnificent flowers in great variety of form and color, their delicate perfume, and the great fascination in growing them, is making the 
water garden widely popular. The small-growing varieties may be grown in half-barrels or tubs. £ 
- Wc do not, unless specially ordered, send out Water Lily roots or plants until warm weather, about the middle of May. 
HARPY NYMPH ALAS. 
Alba Candidissima. Large-flowering, white English Water Lily, early, SO. 
Aurora. Rosy-yellow, deepening to red on third day. 1. 
Fulva. Yellow shaded pink, changing to orange-red. 1 
Gladstoniana. The finest white, magnificent flowers, G to 8 inches across, 
James Brydon. Rich crimson; full double; extra fine . 2 
Laydekeri rosea. Small flowers, profuse, delicate pink, deepening with age, 2. 
lilacea. llosy-lilac, shaded bright carmine, tea-rose fragrance. . ,. . 
purpurata. Large flowers of rosy-crimson, tinged with ruby. 
Lucida. Rosy-vermilion, with darker centre; outer petals rosy-white... 2 
Marliacea albida. ( See cut.) Sparkling, white, fragrant, free bloomer.. 
-carnea. Exquisite rosy-flesh color, vanilla-scented. 
-chromatella. Large, clear yellow, fragrant, free bloomer. 
-rosea. Large, deep rosy-pink; one of the best. 1 
Odorata alba. Our native white Pond Lily (doz., S2.00). 
-gigantea. Giant-flowering white Pond Lily. 
-minor. Small white Pond Lily, very profuse, fine for tubs. 
-rosea. Cape Cod Pink Pond Lily. 
-sulphurea grandiflora. Large yellow fracrant. flowers. 
Pygmaea helveola. Miniature Water Lily, with sulphur-yellow flowers 
no larger than a silver half-dollar; leaves only 2 to 3 inches across .... 
Robinsoniana. Very large flowers of dark orange-red effect; a fine sort, 1 
Tuberosa maxima. Northwestern white Pond Lily, free bloomer. 
-rosea. Exquisite shade of pink. 
-Richardsoni. Immense double snow-white flowers, 8 inches across, 
rubra. Rosy-red flowers, 5 to 7 inches across; red stamens . 1 
Wm. Doogue. Shell-pink, tinged royal-pink; exquisite. 1 
William Falconer. Brilliant garnet-red; immense flowers. 5 
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HARDY NELUMBIUMS, or LOTUS. 
Noble, hardy aquatics, bearing immense double and semi-double 
flowers and gigantic leaves, both borne from 3 to 6 feet above the sur¬ 
face. The flowers are frequently a foot across; easily cultivated in either 
ponds or tubs. 
Album grandiflorum. White Lotus. Pure white; exceedingly beautiful. SI. 50 
Kermesinum. Bright rosy-pink; early-flowering. 1.00 
Luteum. American Yellow Lotus. Bright sulphur-yellow. 1.00 
Pekinensis rubrum pi. Brilliant rose-carmine, immense double ... 7.50 
Pygmaea alba. Miniature Lotus. 8 to 10 inches high; white tulip-like 
flowers; fine for tubs.. 1.50 
Shirom&n. Enormous, very double, snow-white flowers. 3.00 
Speciosum. Egyptian Lotus. Deep rose, shading to white.75c. to 1.50 
TEND Eli NYMPHJE AS. 
These should be grown in tubs or boxes sunk below the surface. For 
the winter, after the foliage has died off, remove them to a cellar or under 
a greenhouse bench, and keep them moist. * Night bloomers. each 
Bissetii. Grand new hybrid; immense flowers of glowing rose-pink. . . .85.00 
Capensis. Rich sky-blue flowers, 6 to 8 inches across.75 
Coerulea. Light blue flowers, 3 to 6 inches across; free bloomer.75 
♦Deaniana. Rose and pink flowers; stamens red. 1.50 
*Devoniensis. Pure red flowers, 6 to 10 inches across. . . ..75 
♦Dentata. The largest and best white night-flowering variety.75 
*Frank Trelease. Glowing dark crimson flowers, 9 to 10 inches across. . 2.50 
♦George Huster. Brilliant crimson; vigorous and free flowering. 2.50 
Gracilis. Fragrant white flowers, 6 to 8 inches across; free bloomer. . . 1.00 
♦Jubilee. Flowers 6 to 8 inches across; glistening white, flushed pink. . 1.50 
♦Kewensis. Light pink, deepening to rosy-red inside; 6 to 8 inches across, 1.50 
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Deep rose-pink flowers, 8 to 10 inches across. 2.50 
♦O’Marana. 10 to 12 inch flowers; pinkish-red, with light streaks. 2.50 
Pulcherrima. Light blue flowers, 10 to 12 inches across. 2.50 
♦Rubra. Deep purplish-red flowers, 6 to 10 inches across.. 1.00 
*-rosea. Massive flowers, 8 to 10 inches across; rosy-carmine. 1.50 
♦Sturtevanti. Huge flowers, 8 to 12 inches across; pure pink to bright red, 2.50 
Wm. Stone. Rich violet-blue flowers, shaded amaranth. .. 5.00 
Zanzibariensis Purple. Deep purple-blue flowers, 6 to 10 inches across, 1.50 
-azurea. Light azure-blue..75 
- rosea. Rose and pink, of varying shades.75 
AQUATIC PLANTS. 
Cape Pond Weed. {Aponoqeton distachyon ). Fragrant white flowers. . $0.50 
Cat-Tail Flag. (Typha latifolia.) Our well-known native.20 
Cyperus papyrus. The true Egyptian paper plant.25c. and .50 
“ altemifolius. The Umbrella Plant. 
Double-flowering Arrowhead. Large spikes of double white flowers.. 
Floating Lettuce. (Pistia stratiotcs.) Forms rosettes of green leaves. .. 
Giant Arrowhead. (Saqittaria montividensis.) Grows 4 to 5 feet high.. 
Parrot’s Feather. ( M]/riophyllum .) Trailing, green, chenille-like stems, 
Water Hyacinth. (Eichornia crassipes major.) Floats; inflated leaves, 
spikes of rosy-lilac flowers. *20 
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Blue Water Hyacinth. (Eichornia azurea ) Lavender and 
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Water Snowflake. (IAmnanthemum indicum .) White fringed flowers. .. 
Wild Rice. (Zizania aquatica.) Very ornamental for the water garden, 
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growing 5 to 10 feet high, with graceful panicles of bloom. . .doz., SI .66, .10 
Our booklet, “The Culture of Water Lilies and Aquatics,” 
