. Group of Nymph,ea Marliacea Varieties Hardy Nymphseas. Alba. The well-known white European Water Lily. Strong flowering roots, 50 cts. each ; $ per doz. Alba candidissima, A very vigorous and desirable variety, much stronger than the type, requiring ample space; flowers large, pure white, sepals occasionally flushed with pink. An early and continuous bloomer. 50 cts. each ; $ per doz. Flava. The well-known Water Lily of Florida. Flowers pale yellow, 3 to 4 inches across, and standing 3 to 4 inches out of the water; leaves dark green, blotched brown; shy bloomer. Probably a variety of
. Group of Nymph,ea Marliacea Varieties Hardy Nymphseas. Alba. The well-known white European Water Lily. Strong flowering roots, 50 cts. each ; $ per doz. Alba candidissima, A very vigorous and desirable variety, much stronger than the type, requiring ample space; flowers large, pure white, sepals occasionally flushed with pink. An early and continuous bloomer. 50 cts. each ; $ per doz. Flava. The well-known Water Lily of Florida. Flowers pale yellow, 3 to 4 inches across, and standing 3 to 4 inches out of the water; leaves dark green, blotched brown; shy bloomer. Probably a variety of N. Mexicana. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Gladstoniana. An extraordinary fine form of N. alba, the largest flower and best white of this type, producing flowers 6 to 8 inches in diameter, of dazzling whiteness; petals con- cave, broad and spreading, stamens yellow, sepals green and white. The plant is very robust, and requires more space than the above varieties and water not less than two feet in depth. Certificated by the Mass. Horticultural Society. 50 cts. each ; $ per doz. Laydekeri lilacea. A French hybrid; flowers soft rosy lilac shaded bright carmine, tea-rose fragrance ; moderate grower and very free-flowering. An exquisite variety. $ each. Laydekeri purpurata. A most interesting variety of French origin; the flowers are of a rosy crimson, darker in the centre, outer petals and sepals light rose, stamens reddish orange. $ each. Laydekeri rosea. One of the choicest of this group; flowers of medium size, delicate rosy pink on opening, changing each succeeding day to dark rose and bright carmine, stamens orange red. $ each. flarliacea albida. A vigorous variety of the N. alba type; flowers large, of sparkling whiteness, stamens light yellow, sepals flushed pink, fragrant, and produced freely and con- linuously through the season. Very desirable. 75 cts. each; $ per doz. flarliacea carnea. Similar to the preceding save in color, which is of a soft fles
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