. Catalogue of rare water lilies and other choice aquatic plants with careful directions for their culture. Water lilies, Catalogs; Aquatic plants, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), New Jersey, Bordentown, Catalogs. Rare Water Lilies. 13 and flowers are obtained, and in case of the colored kinds, greater depth of color than under glass. An- other argument is, the grand effect which may be pro- duced on the lawn or in any part of the pleasure ground. Let us suppose that you wish to have an aquatic garden, fifty, sixty, or a hundred feet
. Catalogue of rare water lilies and other choice aquatic plants with careful directions for their culture. Water lilies, Catalogs; Aquatic plants, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), New Jersey, Bordentown, Catalogs. Rare Water Lilies. 13 and flowers are obtained, and in case of the colored kinds, greater depth of color than under glass. An- other argument is, the grand effect which may be pro- duced on the lawn or in any part of the pleasure ground. Let us suppose that you wish to have an aquatic garden, fifty, sixty, or a hundred feet in diame- ter. We will not build it in the stiff form of a circle or oval, but the out'ine shall be irregular, with here and there a small bay, across which We throw a rustic bridge to a miniature peninsula. Somewhere on the margin we will build a rustic summer-house. It shall be a two- story affair, as sometimes wc shall want to view our pets from an elevated position, for, unlike our fellow creatures, they smile upon us when we look down upon them. If we have a rocky ledge in our grounds, let us place our pond near it. Now, let us suppose that all has been planted, established, and come to midsummer perfection. Some morning, before the night blooming Lilies have begun to take their mid-day sleep, let us as- thirty inches in diameter. Let us descend and walk along the border of our little lake. Here is a planta- tion of the lovely Nymphcea azurea appearing like a piece of blue sky dropped down from above, and here also is Nymphcea Zanzibarcnsis clad in robes of " royal purple," fit color for kings or queens to wear. Next is the charming new yellow variety, Nymphcea Marliacea ; and our own sweet Water Lily is not forgotten, for it is here in masses. Associated with it are its charming new rose-colored variety, Nymphcea odorata rosea, and the delicate pink-tinted one. Here are Nymphcea can- didissima and Nymphcea alba rosea, with their waxy petals, similar in color to
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