. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. IHBBfADIiK-|HIIADBHIIA-IA-^fWATER l!L!f>° AQUATICS-1 ' II ^ NELUMBIUMS. No flowering plants, aquatic or others, are more worthy of cultivation than the Xelumbiums, and none can be cultivated more easily. If they never bloomed, their foliage alone would be enough to win the admiration of everyone. Their enormous leaves, of tender bluish green, held aloft on tall, flexible stalks, sway and wave in the slightest
. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. IHBBfADIiK-|HIIADBHIIA-IA-^fWATER l!L!f>° AQUATICS-1 ' II ^ NELUMBIUMS. No flowering plants, aquatic or others, are more worthy of cultivation than the Xelumbiums, and none can be cultivated more easily. If they never bloomed, their foliage alone would be enough to win the admiration of everyone. Their enormous leaves, of tender bluish green, held aloft on tall, flexible stalks, sway and wave in the slightest wind. But when this is crowned with a wealth of beautiful flowers, gigantic in size, exquisitely tinted, perfect in form, and with a perfume strong, yet delicate, it is easily understood why they hold the foremost place among aquatics. Their culture is quite simple, requiring the same treatment as other hardy Water Lilies, which is fully given on pages 233 and 234. Some varieties are slow in growth after transplanting, and it may be the second year before they flower; but the second and third seasons generally repay for any extra care or patience expended. All Nelumbiums are suitable for tub cul- ture, Nelumbiums can only be supplied in dormant tubers from May ist to June fjt/i, after which date only such varieties as we can furnish in pots should be planted. Album (irandiriorum (Si;/. A. fiori- bunda). A grand white variety, whose purity, fragrance, size, majestic foliage and hardiness stamp it as one of the best. Dor- mant tubers, $ each. Kermesinum. Another distinct and charm- ing variety, bearing flowers resembling the Hermosa Rose in color; the earliest flowering variety, blooming end of June in this section. Dormant tubers, $ each; pot plants, $ each. Kinshiren. Flowers white shaded pink; very free-flowering, coming into bloom early and continuing throughout the season. Dor- mant tubers, $ each; pot plants, $ each. Luteum {American Lotus Water Chin- q
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