Dreer's garden book 1929 (1929) Dreer's garden book 1929 dreersgardenbook1929henr Year: 1929 /flEHRyA-DBEEH^ MVTER LILIES >> AQUATICS ►HnffitPHRll 209 HARDY NYMPHAEAS OR WATER LILIES A select list of the most suitable varieties for all Hardy Water garden purposes. Ready April 15th to June 1st. Blue Water Lily. All varieties of that color will be found under Day Blooming Tender Nymphaeas Alba Candidissima. A very vigorous and desirable variety, requiring ample space; llowers large, pure white. $ each. Attraction. A rare free-flowering variety, blooms 6 to 8 inches across of a rich de
Dreer's garden book 1929 (1929) Dreer's garden book 1929 dreersgardenbook1929henr Year: 1929 /flEHRyA-DBEEH^ MVTER LILIES >> AQUATICS ►HnffitPHRll 209 HARDY NYMPHAEAS OR WATER LILIES A select list of the most suitable varieties for all Hardy Water garden purposes. Ready April 15th to June 1st. Blue Water Lily. All varieties of that color will be found under Day Blooming Tender Nymphaeas Alba Candidissima. A very vigorous and desirable variety, requiring ample space; llowers large, pure white. $ each. Attraction. A rare free-flowering variety, blooms 6 to 8 inches across of a rich deep crimson suffused with amaranth red, center bright orange, sepals white. § each. Aurora. Soft rosy yellow on first day changing to deep red on third day. Stamens orange, also useful for growing in tubs each. Comanche. The largest and finest of the apricot tints. The flowers have a wonderful combination of orange and glowing amber red. A strong grower and the earliest and most continuous bloomer in the hardy class. $ each. Conqueror. Very large flowers of a bright red with the petals shading to white on the concave part and streaked with deep red on the convex sur- face, stamens yellow orange, one of the showiest. $ each. Escarboucle. Very free flowering, 4 to 6 inches across, of a brilliant crimson-carmine with bright orange center, one of the most brilliant. $ each. Gladstoniana. Flowers pure dazzling white; cup- shaped and very massive. $ each. Gloriosa. A superb large flower of a deep carmine-rose, becom- ing a dark red late in the season. Very free and continuous bloomer. $ each. Helen Fowler. A natural cross of A'^. Tuberosa type; strong vigorous growth, flowers borne on stout stems making it useful for cut purposes. Deep pink and very fragrant. $ each. James Brydon. Rich rosy crimson, reverse of petals having a silvery sheen. $ each. Laydekeri purpurata. Pleasing carmine rose flowers borne in constant succession. The plant is mod
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