Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 ENRTADREER-PHILADELPHIA-PA^WATERLILIESâ¢AQUATICS-Jj 239 Day=blooming Tender Water Lilies. Note. â Tender Nymphceas should not be planted out until after the weather has become warm and settled, gen- erally about June ist in this latitude. Place your order for these plants early, and we will reserve them for you until proper time to plant out. Nymphaea capensis (syu. N. scutifolia, D. C; N. Cceru- lea, B. M. 552, and American Gardens). Cape Blue Water Lily ; flowers rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 ENRTADREER-PHILADELPHIA-PA^WATERLILIESâ¢AQUATICS-Jj 239 Day=blooming Tender Water Lilies. Note. â Tender Nymphceas should not be planted out until after the weather has become warm and settled, gen- erally about June ist in this latitude. Place your order for these plants early, and we will reserve them for you until proper time to plant out. Nymphaea capensis (syu. N. scutifolia, D. C; N. Cceru- lea, B. M. 552, and American Gardens). Cape Blue Water Lily ; flowers rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across ; sepals green outside, whitish within, flushed blue. A very desirable species and useful for cutting. 75 cts. each ; § per doz. â ccerulea (syu. IV. Stella la Wild., N. scutifolia of Car- dens). Blue Lotus of Egypt. Leaves oval, 12 to 16 inches across, under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplish at mar- gin. Flowers 3 to 6 inches across ; buds conical pointed; sepals thickly marked with black, lines and dots ; petals 14 to 20, lance- olate, acute, light blue above, lower half dull white ; stamens yel- low. Free grower and bloomer. 75 cts. each ; § per doz. Gracilis. A Mexican species of great merit and the only white day- flowering tropical species in cultivation. Leaves green, 15 to 17 inches across, deeply and irregularly sinuate, angles of lobes rounded ; flowers white, 6 to 8 inches across ; petals 'â â~'â' ] numerous, lanceolate ; stamens deep yellow, distinct and free- .11 flowering, the flowers standing a Wm foot or more out of the water, and possessing a delicate fra- grance. Desirable for cutting. each ; § per doz. I â Mrs. C. W. Ward. A hybrid !S| of IV. gracilis, possessing all â j the good qualities of that variety, but is a stronger grower, flowers much larger, being from 8 to 10 inches in diameter, and borne on stout stems fifteen inches above the water. Color deep rosy-pink, llll with golden-yellow stamens; a \s,
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