. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of new and rare water lilies, nelumbiums and other choice aquatics, sub-tropical plants, ornamental grasses, Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Aquatic plants Catalogs. LIMXOCHARIS HUMBOLDTII. (The Water Poppy.) A beautiful aquatic of easy culture ; must be grown in shallow water, and if grown in tubs or boxes must be elevated near the surface; if placed in the Water-Lily tank it grows very rapidly, when allowed space and not starved or confined at the roots. The plant is very free flowering, the flower
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of new and rare water lilies, nelumbiums and other choice aquatics, sub-tropical plants, ornamental grasses, Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Aquatic plants Catalogs. LIMXOCHARIS HUMBOLDTII. (The Water Poppy.) A beautiful aquatic of easy culture ; must be grown in shallow water, and if grown in tubs or boxes must be elevated near the surface; if placed in the Water-Lily tank it grows very rapidly, when allowed space and not starved or confined at the roots. The plant is very free flowering, the flowers standing about six inches out of the water, and are a beautiful clear yellow, with black stamens. Price 20c. each. CYPERUS PAPYRUS—PAPYRUS ANTIQUORU3I. (The Egyptian Paper Plant.) A most remarkable aquatic plant; a species of reed which was employed by the Egyptians in early times for making paper. It has large, tortuous roots, a triangular stem, several feet in height, gradually tapering to the top, surrounded by a tuft of fine fibrous filaments, which sub-divide into still smaller, on which are the small seedy flow- rets ; it grows chiefly in marshy places and on the banks of rivers, in rich alluvial soil or mud, after the style of our native Cat-tail Flag. It is a very ornamental plant in the greenhouse, and does equally well planted in the sub-tropical gar- den as Cannas are, but is indispensable where Water-Lilies are grown. Price 25 and 50c. each. IXDICTOI. (Water Snowfllake.) A very attractive and pleasing novelty. In growth the plant resembles a water-lily, with leaves from 3 inches to 5 inches across. The flowers are produced on the stem of the leaf and are about the size of a half-dollar piece. They are white and the upper surface of the petals covered with a delicate fringe, giving them the appear- ance of crystal, star-shaped snowflakes. Cultivate the same as tender water-lilies. Price 25c. each. WATER POPPY,. Please note that these images are e
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