. Catalogue of rare water lilies and other choice aquatic plants with careful directions for their culture. Nurseries (Horticulture), New Jersey, Bordentown, Catalogs; Water lilies, Catalogs; Aquatic plants, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Water lilies; Aquatic plants; Plants, Ornamental. 24 E. D. STURTEVANT, BORDENTOWN, N. NYMPH7EA ODORATA. NYMPHvEA ODORATA. The praises of our fragrant Water Lily can never be too highly sung. Its lovely white flowers are worthy of a place beside the most costly exotics It can be successfully grown in a tub and wintered in
. Catalogue of rare water lilies and other choice aquatic plants with careful directions for their culture. Nurseries (Horticulture), New Jersey, Bordentown, Catalogs; Water lilies, Catalogs; Aquatic plants, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Water lilies; Aquatic plants; Plants, Ornamental. 24 E. D. STURTEVANT, BORDENTOWN, N. NYMPH7EA ODORATA. NYMPHvEA ODORATA. The praises of our fragrant Water Lily can never be too highly sung. Its lovely white flowers are worthy of a place beside the most costly exotics It can be successfully grown in a tub and wintered in a cellar. Does well in one of the beds in the Lily tank, but a more satisfactory way than either is to naturalize it in a pond or slow-running stream. Do not tie a stone to it and sink it, as many recommend, but push it carefully into the mud with the hands or feet. Where the mud is very rich, it will produce flowers six inches, and leaves thirteen inches aross. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. NYMPHiEA ODORATA ROSEA. {Hardy Pink Water Lily.) This is the famous Pink Water Lily of Cape Cod, and is the grandest acquisition ever made to our list of hardy Nymphceas. It possesses all the desirable qualities of the white-flowered species, hardiness, freedom of bloom and delicious fragrance, with the added charm of deep-pink color, a shade somewhat like the rose called " Hermosa " The flowers aver- age a larger size than the white, and are in great demand in the large cities and at watering-places during their season. 75 cents each ; $8 per dozen. NYMPHiEA ODORATA EXQUISITA. The brightest colored of all the " Odorata " varieties. Flowers of a bright rose carmine, a deeper shade than the Cape Cod Lily. Very fragrant. $2 each. NYMPHiEA ODORATA SUPERBA. A variety of the common Water Lily, with large flowers of exquisite form, having very broad petals so numerous as to make it semi-double. 75 cents each. NYMPHiEA ODORATA GIGANTEA. This is a native of Florida, and said to
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