. NVMPH/E\ l'EN\SM VANIA. Nymph£ea Pennsylvania. A liybiid that originated in the bo- tanical department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and which is most aptly described as an improved /V. Puhherrima, the flowers being much larger in size and of a deeper, richer blue ; otherwise it possesses all the many good points of that grand, free and continuous flowenng blue Nymphsea. $ edch. â Pulcherrima. A beautilul hy- brid of N. I (B rule a ; under sur- face of leaves green, densely blotched with purplish-black,mar- gined purplish-red. Flowers light blue, 10 to 12 inches acioss ; stamens
. NVMPH/E\ l'EN\SM VANIA. Nymph£ea Pennsylvania. A liybiid that originated in the bo- tanical department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and which is most aptly described as an improved /V. Puhherrima, the flowers being much larger in size and of a deeper, richer blue ; otherwise it possesses all the many good points of that grand, free and continuous flowenng blue Nymphsea. $ edch. â Pulcherrima. A beautilul hy- brid of N. I (B rule a ; under sur- face of leaves green, densely blotched with purplish-black,mar- gined purplish-red. Flowers light blue, 10 to 12 inches acioss ; stamens yellow, l-uds sharply conica sepals marked with black lines and dots. This variety flowers con- tinuously winter and summer, and is the best for furnisliing flowers early ind late in the season. $ each. â Wm. Stone. No color in Water Lilies is more at- tractive than blue, and in this variety we have one of the most distinct and pleasing of this shade, the color being a rich violet-blue shaded amaranth ; stamens purple with deep yellow centre. It has long, pointed buds WVe N. pukher- rima ; it also stands well out of the water, and is of vigorous, spreading habit. The flowers open early in the day and re- main open uniil late in the evening. $ each. ^^^-ZanzlbarJensis. A superb Water Lily, and the darkest blue or purple of the genus ; leaves deep green above, under surface suffused violet, 8 to 15 inches across. Flowers 6 to 10 inches in diameter ; petals numerous, deep blue ; sepals green outside, deep purplish-blue within ; back of anthers dark crimson-vinlet ; very free-flowering and exquisitely \ fragrant. $ each. ^^âazurea. Similar to the type, but flowers opening wider and of a \ lighter blue color. 75 els. each : $7 50 per doz. â^;^â rosea. Flower rose of various shades, otherwise like the type, but opening earlier in the morning. 75 cts. each; $ per doz. Day=blooming Tender Water Lilies. ymphaea capensis {syn. N. saitifolia, D. C; N. Caiiiha, B. JS
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