. Dreer's 1907 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 210 DAY=BLOOniNG TENDER WATER LILIES. Euryale ferox. This was the noblest aquatic plant in cultivation prior to the introduction of the Victoria. The circular leaves are from 2 to 3 feet in diameter, upper side olive-green, curiously puckered and spiny; the under side a rich purple with prominent spiny veins. Flowers small, deep violet. $1 50 each. Nymphaea capensis— Thumb, (syn. A\ scutifolia, D. C; N. Carulea,
. Dreer's 1907 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 210 DAY=BLOOniNG TENDER WATER LILIES. Euryale ferox. This was the noblest aquatic plant in cultivation prior to the introduction of the Victoria. The circular leaves are from 2 to 3 feet in diameter, upper side olive-green, curiously puckered and spiny; the under side a rich purple with prominent spiny veins. Flowers small, deep violet. $1 50 each. Nymphaea capensis— Thumb, (syn. A\ scutifolia, D. C; N. Carulea, B. M. 552, and American Gardens). Cape Blue Water Lily; flowers rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across; sepals green outside, whitish within, flushed blue. A very desirable species and useful for cutting. 75 cts. each; $ per doz. — Ccerulea—Savigny. (syn. N. Slellata IVilld., N. scutifolia of Gardens). Blue Lotus of Egypt. Leaves oval, 12 to 16 inches across, under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplish at margin. Flowers 3 to 6 inches across; buds conical pointed ; sepals thickly marked with black lines and dots; petals 14 to 20, lanceola'.e, acute, light blue above, lower half dull white ; stamens yellow. Free grower and bloomer. 75 cts. each ; $ per doz. — Gracilis. A Mexican species of great merit and the only white day-flowering tropical species in cultivation. Leaves green, 15 to 17 inches across, deeply and irregularly sinuate, angles of lobes rounded; flowers white, 6 to 8 inches across; petals numerous, lanceolate; stamens deep yellow, distinct and free-flowering. The flowers standing a foot or more out of the water, and possessing a delicate fragrance. Desirable for cutting. $ each ; $ per doz. — firs. C. W. Ward. A hybrid of AT. gracilis, possessing all the good qualities of that variety, but is a stronger grower, flowers much larger, being from 8 to 10 inches in diameter, and borne on stout stems fifteen inches above the water. Col
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