. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. transplanted the first time. Transplanting causes them to start into growth agam. If they stop growiug at any other time it is an indication that they need to be shifted to a larger pot or richer soil, or perhaps the water is not warm enough. The rapidity with which they grow de- pends entirely on the treatment they receive. If the plants are kept crowded together or in poor soil, or cold water, they will not grow at all, but if transplanted
. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. transplanted the first time. Transplanting causes them to start into growth agam. If they stop growiug at any other time it is an indication that they need to be shifted to a larger pot or richer soil, or perhaps the water is not warm enough. The rapidity with which they grow de- pends entirely on the treatment they receive. If the plants are kept crowded together or in poor soil, or cold water, they will not grow at all, but if transplanted early in a rich soil and a warm place they will grow with astonishing rapidity. Amateurs had best start t he seeds early, in February or early in March in the far North. If the largest leaves are from two to three inclies across by the first of June, they are large enough for flowering in .luly. Do not put them in the open air until the weather has become quite warm, but they may be planted out several weeks earlier if the tubs arc covered with glass. In the fall, before frost, the tubs may be covered with glass and the bloom enjoyed until November or Decem- ber. Plants that ha\ e not flowered much may be kept over winter in a warm room, but they do not usually flower well the second year, and new plants are so easily grown from seeds that it isnot worth while to try to winter old ones. Give thorn as much sun as possible at all times. They will not grow in ponds fed by cold springs, unless the water gets well warmed up. The warmer the water and the richer the soil, the faster they will grow. Never try to flower more than one plant in a tub, no matter how large the tub may be. We have had little bulbs growing in two-pound meat cans only 5!^ inches across by inches deep, produce perfect flowers. As fast as the flowers fade they must be removed to prevent exhausting the strength of the plant. THE RED ZANZIBAR WATER LILY. This is a superb and very rare variety of the blue, and lik
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