. 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. E. D. Sturtevaxt. Bordextottt, X. J. ENERAL LllST 0F TENDER AeaATIGS. The Xymphaeas described below open their flowers in the day-time like the common Water Lily. They bloom constantly through the summer in this latitude, and till past the holidays in southern California and Florida. If lifted and kept in a warm greenhouse,
. 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. E. D. Sturtevaxt. Bordextottt, X. J. ENERAL LllST 0F TENDER AeaATIGS. The Xymphaeas described below open their flowers in the day-time like the common Water Lily. They bloom constantly through the summer in this latitude, and till past the holidays in southern California and Florida. If lifted and kept in a warm greenhouse, they will flower through the winter. Small bulbs in a state of rest should be wintered in water kept at a temperature of 50 to 60 degrees. NYMPHAEA GIGANTEA. NYMPHAEA SCUTIFOLIA. (N. cceru/ea, or cyancea.) The Lilies cultivated under these names are of a beautiful shade of lavender blue (not a deep blue), about three or four inches across, but when the plant is given abundance of room and rich soil the flowers will be much larger, and of a decidedly deeper tint They are very fragrant, the perfume being entirely distinct from that of Nymphcra odorala. It is an old and popu- lar variety. $2 each. NYMPHAEA ZANZIBARENSIS. (The Royal Purple Water Lily.) This new species from Africa was first flow- ered in this country by us in the summer of 1882. In September, 1883, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society awarded it their Silver Medal. It is, unquestionably, the deepest col- ored and finest of all blue Water Lilies known, and some European horticulturists declare it to be the finest of the whole family. It is of a shade of blue so deep that it is not unreason- ably called purple. Some parts of the flower are of the color of Lasiandra iimcranlha (a greenhouse plant.) It has the same fragrance as Ar. cctrulea, and even when grown in small tubs or pans, produces larger flowers than that variety. Under the treatment given it in our Water Lily garden the flowers attain a di- ameter of tw
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