. Dreer's garden book : 1905. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HAROY ISY:MPH^AS. ( Continued,) Odorata minor. A miniature form, grow- ing in some sections in shallow water, also where water recedes entirely in the summer. A dainty, fragrant, wliite flower, 2 to 3 inches across. Can be grown in a tub. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. Odorata rosea (y«- jy. rubra). Cape Cod Pond Lily; flowers 4 inches across; color, a beautiful rose-pink, deeper in the centre; stamens yellow; ve
. Dreer's garden book : 1905. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HAROY ISY:MPH^AS. ( Continued,) Odorata minor. A miniature form, grow- ing in some sections in shallow water, also where water recedes entirely in the summer. A dainty, fragrant, wliite flower, 2 to 3 inches across. Can be grown in a tub. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. Odorata rosea (y«- jy. rubra). Cape Cod Pond Lily; flowers 4 inches across; color, a beautiful rose-pink, deeper in the centre; stamens yellow; very fragrant and free- flowering; leaves dark reddish on both sides when young, becoming green above. 50 cts. each ; $-5 OQ per doz. Odorata Luciana. An exquisite variety of vigorous growth; leaves green above, reddish beneath; flowers 3 to 5 inches across, of a pure rosy pink—not shaded or deeper at base of petals, as in N. o. rosea— and the self-color is retained throughout the season. § each. Odorata SUlphurea. One of the very best hybrid Nymphceas. The greatly fragrant flowers are sulphur-yellow, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, and 3 to 4 inches out of the water; leaves floating, as in the type, but blotched reddish on the under side; distinct. 50 cts. each ; $5-00 per doz. Sulphurea grandiflora. Vei-y similar to N. O. sulpiiui-ea. Plant more vigorous, wiih light-colored foliage. 75 cts. each; $ per doz. FygniEea {syn. N. tetragona). A gem. The smallest species in cultivation; dark green above, with occasional brown blotching, reddish beneath; flowers white with yellow stamens 1^ to 2-i- inches across; very free-flowering, and very useful for growing in tubs. 30 cts. each; $ per doz. — Helvola {syn. .V. tetragona HelvoLi'). Similar to the pre- ceding, but with sulphur-yellow flowers ; petals more pointed; leaves green, early stage reddish, blotched all over with brown; extremely free-flowering, and well adapted for growing in large aquariums
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