. Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds & Nursery stock, Massachusetts, Boston, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF AQUATIC PLANTS. syii HARDY VARIETIES. NELUMBIUM. Speciosum. (Egyptian Lotus.) The well-known and far-famed species. The flowers, which are about a foot across when fully opened, are of a deep rose color, with a soft creamy white at bases of the petals; exquisitely fragrant. Flowering tubers, 75 cts. and $ each. —Luteum. (American Lotus.) This grand Lot
. Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds & Nursery stock, Massachusetts, Boston, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF AQUATIC PLANTS. syii HARDY VARIETIES. NELUMBIUM. Speciosum. (Egyptian Lotus.) The well-known and far-famed species. The flowers, which are about a foot across when fully opened, are of a deep rose color, with a soft creamy white at bases of the petals; exquisitely fragrant. Flowering tubers, 75 cts. and $ each. —Luteum. (American Lotus.) This grand Lotus is indigenous in several sections of the United States. It thrives under the same conditions as N. Speciosum, from which it differs only in the color of its flowers, they are of a rich, sulphur yellow tint. 75 cts. and ' $ each ; $ per dozen. — Kermesinum. Another distinct variety, bearing flowers resembling the Hermosa Rose in color. $ each. —Album Grandiflorum. An exceedingly beautiful variety, producing immense flowers of pure ivory whiteness, very scarce. $ each. —Album Striatum. The flowers of this variety are pure white, the edges of the petals are irregularly striped and tipped with rosy car- mine. Their fragrance is quite distinct from the other sorts. $ each. NYMPHjEA. Alba Candidissima. The large flowering variety of the English water lily ; flowers six inches in diameter ; pure white with broad petals; the earliest flowering variety, and continuous until frost; 75 cts. each ; $ per dozen. —Odorata. The well-known, fragrant pond lily. Its lovely, pure white flowers, so common in some locations, is worthy of a place among the choicest varieties where ever cultivated. 20 cents each ; $ per dozen. —Odorata Gigantea. Similar in all respects to N. Odorata, but the flower is very large and full. A southern variety of the N. Odorata type. 20 cts. each ; $ per dozen. —Odorata Rosea. (The popular pink Cape Cod Water Lily). It po
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