. The book of water gardening;. Aquatic plants. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK OF WATER GARDENINg This is a free and continuous bloomer and is perfectly hardy at Philadelphia I his Illy and Nymphaea flava may winter-kill farther North. Nymph^a pygm^ea (tetragona) is the smallest Nymph^a in cultivation The flowers are white with yellow stamens, from one and one-half to two and one-half inches across. They exhale a tea fragrance. The plant is free in flower The leaves are dark green with occasional brown spots, the underside being reddish green. Nymphaea pygm^a helvola is the result of a cross bet
. The book of water gardening;. Aquatic plants. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK OF WATER GARDENINg This is a free and continuous bloomer and is perfectly hardy at Philadelphia I his Illy and Nymphaea flava may winter-kill farther North. Nymph^a pygm^ea (tetragona) is the smallest Nymph^a in cultivation The flowers are white with yellow stamens, from one and one-half to two and one-half inches across. They exhale a tea fragrance. The plant is free in flower The leaves are dark green with occasional brown spots, the underside being reddish green. Nymphaea pygm^a helvola is the result of a cross between Nymph^a pyg- m^a and Nymph^a Mexicana. It gives beautiful small yellow flowers which float on the surface of the water. They are about two inches in diameter. The leaves. NYMPHAEA GLORIOSA are small, beautifully mottled with brown spots, the under side of a reddish green color. The plant flowers freely and is well adapted for tub culture or for planting in shallow water at the edge of the pond. Nymphsea alba rubra is the true Swedish red water lily; a beautiful flower where it thrives well but, unfortunately, the water in nearly all our ponds is too warm for it, hence it is very rare in America. It should be grown in a pond, or [59]. 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 perfectly resemble the original Bisset, Peter. [from old catalog]. New York, A. T. De La Mare printing and publishing co. , ltd.
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