. Day=Blooming Tender Nymphaeas Capensis (Cape Blue Water Lily). Flowers rich sky-blue. Very desirable a-id useful for cutting. $ each. Coerulea (Blue Lotus of Egypt). Flowers light blue, suf- fused with white ; yellow centre. $ each. Daubenyana. Small, fragrant, light blue flowers, valuable for winter blooming in aquariums or small pools and very in- teresting because it produces young plants at petiole of each leaf, which during the summer months flower freely. $ each. Gracilis. The only white flowering day-blooming tropical Water Lily. Flowers of medium size, six to eight inches
. Day=Blooming Tender Nymphaeas Capensis (Cape Blue Water Lily). Flowers rich sky-blue. Very desirable a-id useful for cutting. $ each. Coerulea (Blue Lotus of Egypt). Flowers light blue, suf- fused with white ; yellow centre. $ each. Daubenyana. Small, fragrant, light blue flowers, valuable for winter blooming in aquariums or small pools and very in- teresting because it produces young plants at petiole of each leaf, which during the summer months flower freely. $ each. Gracilis. The only white flowering day-blooming tropical Water Lily. Flowers of medium size, six to eight inches across, produced freely on long stems. $ each. Qrossherzog Ernst Ludwig. An extremely free-flowering variety, producing flowers of the largest size of a true violet blue with a golden yellow centre, forming a charming blue and gold combination. $ each. Mrs. C. W. Ward. One of the very best of the day-bloom- ing varieties. Deep rosy-pink flowers produced on long stems. A free and continuous bloomer. $ each. Ovalifolia, A new variety from East Africa, which is entirely distinct from all others. The flowers are of large size, 8 to 10 , held well above the foliage and of a deep creamy white ; the base of each petal being faintly suffused with blue, which gradually deepens until the tips of each petal are a decided light corn-flower blue, stamens sulphur yellow, making a novel and charming color combination. The petals are rather long and narrow, giving the flower a pretty star shape. Very fragrant and a strong grower and free-flowering. Awarded several certificates of merit. $ each. Pennsylvania. A hybrid that originated in the botanicai department of the University of Pennsylvania, and which is most aptly described as an improved _ZV. pulchei-rima, flow- ers being larger in size and of a deeper, richer blue; other- wise it possesses all the many good points of that grand, free and continuous flowering Nymphasa. $ each. Pulcherrima. This variety f
Size: 2937px × 1702px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggilbertnurserya, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910
