. Catalogue of rare water lilies and other choice aquatic plants with careful directions for their culture. Water lilies, Catalogs; Aquatic plants, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), New Jersey, Bordentown, Catalogs. 20 OUVIRANDRA FENES- TRALIS. ( The Lattice-Leaf Plant) Though by no means a new plant, it is extremely rare in this country. We copy from "Stove and Garden Plants," by B S. Williams, this description : "It is popularly known as the Lace-Leaf or Lattice-Leaf, and is one of the most sing- ular plants in existenc
. Catalogue of rare water lilies and other choice aquatic plants with careful directions for their culture. Water lilies, Catalogs; Aquatic plants, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), New Jersey, Bordentown, Catalogs. 20 OUVIRANDRA FENES- TRALIS. ( The Lattice-Leaf Plant) Though by no means a new plant, it is extremely rare in this country. We copy from "Stove and Garden Plants," by B S. Williams, this description : "It is popularly known as the Lace-Leaf or Lattice-Leaf, and is one of the most sing- ular plants in existence. The leaves are from six to eighteen inches in length, and from two to four inches in breadth ; ob- long, with an obtuse apex, and spreading out horizontally beneath the surface of the water. They are of a dark olive green color, and consist of a strong midrib and what would be called the primary nerves of an ordinary leaf, and thus present the appearance of a beautiful piece of net- work, or of a skeletonized leaf—indeed, it is a veritable living skeleton. The flow- ers are ; Native of Mad- agascar. It should be grown in a pan filled with rich soil, as for Water Lilies. The pan should be placed in a tub of water, and great care taken to keep the water sweet and the leaves of the plant clean. It is generally kept in a warm greenhouse the entire year. $5 each. EICHHORNIA AZUREA PONTEDERIA). (Blue Water Hyacinth.) This choice novelty was introduced by us in the spring of 1890. As will be seen in the cut, the flowers closely resemble those of E. crassipts major, but the edges of the petals are delicately fringed. The color is an exquisite shade of lavender blue. The center of the flower is a rich deep indigo blue, with a bright yellow spot upon the blue. It proved a most sat- isfactory plant in our basin the past sum- mer, flowering continuously throughout the season. Its habit is to branch freely and creep in all directions like a Verbena. It should be sown
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