ROOTS 
AND 
PLANTS 
^T^HE ease with which Water Lilies and Aquatics are cultivated, the certainty of 
handsome results the same season they are planted, the magnificent flowers 
M. of great variety of form and color, their delicate perfume and the great fascina¬ 
tion in growing them, is making the water garden widely popular. All of 
the varieties may be grown in half-barrels or tubs two-thirds full of well-enriched 
soil covered with an inch or two of sand, filled with water and placed in a sunny 
position in the lawn or a fountain basin, though the cultivator generally becomes so 
enthusiastic in a season or two that an artificial pond is created, which is easily done 
and at 6mal! cost. We cannot send out Water Lily plants until warm weather, about 
the middle of May. 
HARDY NYMPH/EAS. 
EACH. 
»y. __ 
Water Lily, early .. < 5 
- flava. Florida yellow Lily .30 
- Laydekeri rosea. Small flowers, profuse, delicate pink, 
deepening with age . 2.50 
NY. MARLIACEA VARIETIES. Hardy ns rocks; strong 
growers, flowering very freely throughout' the season; the earliest 
and the latest in bloom; fine broad-petaled double flowers, about 5 
inches across. 
Ny. Marliacea albida. Sparkling white, fragrant. 1.25 
- carnea. Rosy flesh, vanilla-scented . 1-25 
- chromatella. Large, clear yellow, fragrant. (See cut.) .50 
- rosea. Large, rosy pink;. 1.50 
- odorata alba. Our native white Pond Lily (doz., $2.00) .20 
EACH. 
--Caroliniana. Immense flowers 
of salmon pink . 1.50 
- exquisita. Rich carmine rose 1.50 
- gig an tea. Giant-flowering 
white Pond Lily . 
- maxima. New giant-flowering, 
white; the finest of the odorata type... 
-- minor. Small white Pond Lily, 
very profuse, fine for tubs. 
-rosea. Cape Cod pink Pond 
Lily. 
- sulphurea. Large yellow fra¬ 
grant flowers. 
- pygmeea. Chinese miniature white 
Water Lily; flowers no larger than a 
silver half-dollar; leaves only 2 to 3 
inches across.50 
- tnberosaImproved. Strong¬ 
growing Northwestern white 
Pond Lily.50 
OR LOTUS. 
Noble aquatics, immense double flowers and gigan¬ 
tic leaves, both borne from 3 to 0 feet above the sur¬ 
face. The flowers are frequently a fooc across; easily 
cultivated in either ponds or tubs. (Nee cut.) 
EACH. 
If, speciosum. Egyptian or Sacred Lotus. 
White, shading to deep pink at the edges.75 
N. album grandiflorum. White Lotus. Pure 
white; exceedingly beautiful; scarce. 2.00 
N. album striatum. Striped Lotus. White, 
striped at the edges with carmine. 2.00 
N. roseum. Rose Lotus. Uniform deep rose.. 1.50 
N. Xermesinum. Pink Lotus. Bright rosy 
pink. 2.00 
N. luteum. American Yellow Lotus. 
Bright sulphur yellow.60 
1.00 
.20 
if requested, with a $2.00 order. 
Our pamphlet, 
"The Culture 
O P W A T E It 
Lilies and 
A QUATIC8,’* 
40 pages, iP 
lustra ted 
gives direc- 
tions for pre¬ 
paring arti¬ 
ficial ponds, 
etc.,and winter¬ 
ing over t ho 
roots, growing 
seeds, and describes 
all varieties, etc. Price, 
25 con ts, or gi von /fee. 
TENDER NYMPH AS AS. 
These grand varieties should be grown in tubs 
or boxes sunk below thesurface. For the winter, 
after the foliage has died off. remove them to a 
cellar or under a greenhouse bench. ( Those 
marked “ A r ” bloom at night; “ D," day-bloom¬ 
ing.) EACH. 
Ny. ccerulea. (Stellata.) (D.) Largo light blue, fragrant. 1.00 
- delicatissima. (A’.) Large, delicate blush pink. 1.50 
dentata. (A.) Immense white flowers. (See cut.) .GO 
-Devoniensis. (A\) Grand rosy crimson flowers.GO 
- elegans. (/>.) White, tinged with blue, fragrant. 1.00 
- Mexicana. (I).) Mexican Golden Water Lily. Free-blooming.50 
- O’Marana. (A r .) Grand, large, rosy red flower. 3.00 
Ny. rubra. (A’.) Cup-shaped flowers of dark rose. 85 | Ny. Sturtevanti. (A\) Superb, large, bright rosy red 2.50 
NY. ZANZIBARENSIS VARIETIES. The flowers, 4 to G inches across, are produced in continuous abundance 
throughout the season; enehantingly fragrant. Splendid for growing in tubs or tanks. (See cut.) 
Ny. Zanzibarensis. (D.) Purple Zanzibar Lily. 2.00 
- azurea. (/).) Blue Zanzibar Lily.. -GO 
- rosea. (D.) Pink Zanzibar Lily.....50 
..AQUATIC PLANTS., 
Water Hyacinth. (Eichornia crassipes major.) Floats; in¬ 
flated leaves, spikes of rosy lilac flowers. 20c. each, $2.00 doz. 
Blue Water Hyacinth. (Eichornia azurea.) Lavender 
and purple. 50c. each. 
Water Poppy. (Litnnocharis Humboldtii.) Yellow, poppy¬ 
like flowers. 20c. each, $2.00 doz. 
Water Snowflake. (Limnanthemum indicum.) Beautiful 
white fringed flowers. 25c. each. $2.50 doz. 
Parrot’s Feather. (Myriophyllum .) Trailing, green, 
chenille-like stems. 15c. each, $1.50 doz. 
Floating Lettuce. (Pistia stratiotes.) Forms rosettes of 
green leaves. 25c. each, $2.50 dot. 
HARDY NELUMBIUMS, 
