. Catalogue of rare Florida fruits and flowers for the season of 1890. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Cutler Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. EtJVPTIAN LOTUS. bright rose color. The .second day they open like an immense Tulip, the base of the petals being creamy white, most beautifully and delicately sha- ded off toward the end into bright pink. They are delightfully fragrant, and in the last stages of their development measure from ten to thirteen inches from tip to tip of petals. Nine years ago a single root was planted in a se ludetl > orner of a mill p
. Catalogue of rare Florida fruits and flowers for the season of 1890. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Cutler Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. EtJVPTIAN LOTUS. bright rose color. The .second day they open like an immense Tulip, the base of the petals being creamy white, most beautifully and delicately sha- ded off toward the end into bright pink. They are delightfully fragrant, and in the last stages of their development measure from ten to thirteen inches from tip to tip of petals. Nine years ago a single root was planted in a se ludetl > orner of a mill pond in New -lersey, where the water was from one to t •. o feet «le<»p. Xow it covem from three quarters of an|acre to an acre, a^olid mass, tbe leaves standing from three to six feet above the water, completely hiding the tallest man from view when walking through the mass of foliage. In .\ugust .VK) of the beautifully shaded pink flowers can be seen open at onetime. It grows read- ily and rapidly from the seed, and blooms finely in a tub: but the larger the tub the better the results. Price of fresh seed 20c. per pkt. American IjOtus—{ Nuluiuhiuni luteuw.) .\ native of this country but extremely rare. It is perfeetlv hardy and flourishes onder the same conditions as the Egyptian Lotus, from which it hardly differs except in the color of the flowers, being a rich sulphur yellow. large as a quart bowl and having a strong fragrance entirely unlike that of a Nympluea. .\ large patch of them, with hundreds of buds and flowers, is a sight never to be for- gotten. Price of fresh seed 15c. per AMERICAN LOTUS. Donotfailtoadd JOc. to your ordei and have it packed in a liberal quantity of Spanif^h Moss Not only is it beautiful for decorative work, but plants carrr much better packed in it. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not
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