. Dreer's garden book : 1904. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 11ENRYADREER -PHllAD™lA•^>A•l#/WAT[R LlllK-» AQlJAnCHJll ^^. Nelumbium Shiroman. AlbO=virens. A hylirid of American origin, now offered for the first time. Its large white flowers are very double and of fine form. A few of the crimped and fluted petals in the centre are timed with a beautiful shade of sea-green; the outside of the flower is similarly colored; with age they be- come entirely white. Quite nove
. Dreer's garden book : 1904. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 11ENRYADREER -PHllAD™lA•^>A•l#/WAT[R LlllK-» AQlJAnCHJll ^^. Nelumbium Shiroman. AlbO=virens. A hylirid of American origin, now offered for the first time. Its large white flowers are very double and of fine form. A few of the crimped and fluted petals in the centre are timed with a beautiful shade of sea-green; the outside of the flower is similarly colored; with age they be- come entirely white. Quite novel and distinct. $ each. Album Grandiflorutn {Sm. A florihunda). A grand white variety, whose purity, fragrance, noble form, size, majestic foli- age and hardiness stamp it as one of the very best. $ each. Album Striatum. The flowers of this exquisite variety are pure white, the edge of the petals irregularly striped and tipped rosy-carmine. Their fragrance is quite distinct, somewhat resembling that of Magnolia. The plant is, very vigorous. $ each. Seed, 25 cts. per pkt. Kermesinum. Another distinct and charming variety, bearing flowers resembling the Hermosa Rose in color; the earliest flowering variety, blooming end of June in this section. $ each. Seed, 15 cts. per pkt. Roseum. Flowers of a uniform deep rose-pink color, much darker than Speciosum. $ each. Roseum plenum. A magnificent variety, with large, full double bright rose flowers. $ each. Seed, 25 cts. per pkt. Pygmea alba. A miniature,, variety, growing from 12 to 18 inches higli ; flowers white, resembling a tulip; useful for tubs. $ each. Note.— The prires given above are for tubers. Pot-grown plants <an be sitpplied after June \st at an advance of 25 per cent. NELUMBIUMS. No flowering plants, aquatic or others, are more worthy of cul- tivation than the Nelumbiums, and none can be cultivated more easily. If they never bloomed, their foliage alone would be enough to win the adm
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