. Dreer's 1901 garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HWADREER WIIAPmiA'M-^MER LILIK--^ AQUMIK' 0" 109 Tender Water Lilies. Night=Blooming Varieties. This class is equally as beautiful as the day-flowering sorts, and are especially desirable for cutting, opening as they do soon after sunset, and remaining open until noon next day. The flowers open and close 3 or 4 days in succession, as do the Hardy Nymphseas. Nymphfiea Columbiana. Flowers deep red, o
. Dreer's 1901 garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HWADREER WIIAPmiA'M-^MER LILIK--^ AQUMIK' 0" 109 Tender Water Lilies. Night=Blooming Varieties. This class is equally as beautiful as the day-flowering sorts, and are especially desirable for cutting, opening as they do soon after sunset, and remaining open until noon next day. The flowers open and close 3 or 4 days in succession, as do the Hardy Nymphseas. Nymphfiea Columbiana. Flowers deep red, of medium size ; 6 inches across ; foliage dark, bronzy red. ? each. Nyilipllcea Deailiana. A strong and vigorous grower; leaves dark green, nearly bronze; much crumpled at margin. Flowers pure, light pink, darker than N. delicatissiina; sepals deep rose pink; petals broadly ovate, concave : stamens red. § each. Xyiupliaea Quite distinct from the preceding variety, and after the style of JV. dentata ; hand- some foliage of a metallic lustre; flowers delicate pink. $ each. NyinphcBa Devoniensis. This variety was the first hybrid of note ; leaves 18 inches across, of dark bronzy, green; under surface greenish brown; flowers pure red 10 to 12 inches in diameter; a universal favorite. 50 cts. each; § per duz. .Nymplifea dentata (yV. 0 r t i (^ i e s ia n a. Planch). The largest flowering and best white night-bloomiug N y m- phxa. Flowers meas- ure from 8 to 12 inches in diameter ; petals nar- rower than in the type, opening out horizon- tally ; leaves dark glossy green, heavily dentated. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Nyini)hjea Jubilee. Flowers 6 to 8 inches across, of glistening white, with delicate flush of pink at the base of the petals and sepals ; leaves blotched with brown and crumpled at margin. § each. Nv.\ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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