Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . color combination; leaves large shining green, tinted purple beneath; a robust, vigorous grower. $ each. Nymphsea capensis {.lyn. iV. Scutifolia, D. C; N. Cceru-lea, B. M. hh% and American Gardens). Cape Blue WaterLily; flowers rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across. A very desirablespecies and useful for cutting. $ each; $ per doz. — coerulea {syn. N. Slellata Wild. iV. scutifolia of Gardens). BlueLotus of Egypt. Leaves oval, 12 to 16 inches across; under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplishat margin. Flowers 3
Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . color combination; leaves large shining green, tinted purple beneath; a robust, vigorous grower. $ each. Nymphsea capensis {.lyn. iV. Scutifolia, D. C; N. Cceru-lea, B. M. hh% and American Gardens). Cape Blue WaterLily; flowers rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across. A very desirablespecies and useful for cutting. $ each; $ per doz. — coerulea {syn. N. Slellata Wild. iV. scutifolia of Gardens). BlueLotus of Egypt. Leaves oval, 12 to 16 inches across; under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplishat margin. Flowers 3 to 6inches across; light blue above,lower half dull white; stamensyellow. Free grower andbloomer. $ each; $ doz.— Gracilis. A Mexican speciesof great merit, and the onlywhite day-flowering tropicalspecies in cultivation. Leavesgreen, 15 to 17 inches across;flowers white, 6 to 8 inchesacross; stamens deep yellow,distinct and free-flowering, theflowers standing a foot or moreout of the water, and possess-ing a delicate fragrance. $ NvMPH«A Zanzibaribnsis Rosea. WATER GARDENINa A new book on the subject; up-to-date and pr«cticBl. Price. $ p«.tpaid. Hi
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