. Goodell's seed catalog. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. AFRICAN WATER LILIES, BED. WHITE AND BLUE. They "will grow and flower four m o n t h s from sow- ing seeds, in p o n d s, tanks, tubs, or pans, in the open air, in any part of the U. S. It is safe to say that nothing in the floral world has created so much inter- est among lovers of rare plants as these gor- geous red, white and blue Water Lilies, and when it becomes generally known they are as easily grown from seeds as Asters, everybody who loves choi
. Goodell's seed catalog. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. AFRICAN WATER LILIES, BED. WHITE AND BLUE. They "will grow and flower four m o n t h s from sow- ing seeds, in p o n d s, tanks, tubs, or pans, in the open air, in any part of the U. S. It is safe to say that nothing in the floral world has created so much inter- est among lovers of rare plants as these gor- geous red, white and blue Water Lilies, and when it becomes generally known they are as easily grown from seeds as Asters, everybody who loves choice flowers and can have a tank or tub of water will have them. Grown in ponds, tubs, or cemented tanks they bear fragrant double flowers 4 to 10 inches across every day from June to October if started in February or March. They make an astonish- ly rapid growth, and under the most favorable conditions begin to bloom in sixty days from sowing the seed. They flower every summer in my open ponds in August and September from self-sown seeds which do not germinate till June. Their culture is very easy and they require lit- tle or no care after they are planted in the tubs or ponds. The seeds are about the size of Poppy seeds and never fail to germinate if properly treated, in ten to fifteen days. Their culture is very simple. Take small cups, like tea cups, fill them about half or two-thirds full with fine, rich garden soil, press it down hard and firm and scatter the seeds on the surface, a packet in each cup, covering them to the depth of an eighth or quarter of an inch with clean sand. Then fill up carefully with water, so as not to disturb the seeds, and place where they will keep at a temperature of 70 or 80 degrees till they germinate. It is a good plan to set the cups in a pan of water deep enough to cover them with an inch of water. Those who have no green-house can start them near a stove or on the mantel-piece, moving them to a warm, sunny window as soon as the plants are
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