. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Marliacea Chromatella. Marliacea rosea. Resembles J\r. M. carnea in habit and growth; flowers large, deep rose color, young leaves, purplish-red, chang ing to deep-green. One of the very best pink hardy Water Lilies for cut- ting. $ each. $ per doz. Mexicana or Flava. The well-known Water Lily of Florida, flowers pale yel- low, 3 to 4 inches across, and standing 3
. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Marliacea Chromatella. Marliacea rosea. Resembles J\r. M. carnea in habit and growth; flowers large, deep rose color, young leaves, purplish-red, chang ing to deep-green. One of the very best pink hardy Water Lilies for cut- ting. $ each. $ per doz. Mexicana or Flava. The well-known Water Lily of Florida, flowers pale yel- low, 3 to 4 inches across, and standing 3 to 4 inches out of the water; leaves dark green, blotched brown. 50 cts each; $ per doz. Odorata. This is the fra- grant Pond Lily of the north- eastern United States; flowers white, 3 to 5 inches in diameter, stamens yellow, leaves dark green above,under surface deep red toreddish green; splendidly adapted for planting in quantity in natural ponds for effect and for cut flowers. All Nymphaeas of this type are use- ful for naturalizing. 20 cts. each; $' per doz. Odorata Caroliniana. A superb variety and ighly recommended; stronger grower and larger than the type; leaves 12 inches across, green above, red- dish-green in young state, red beneath, flowers fragrant, ,T 7 inches across; of a delicate rosy flesh color, Gladstoniana. stamens yellow. 75 cts. each. Odorata gigantea. Rice field Water Lily of the southeastern United States; leaves large; 12 to lti inches across, green, under side at times tinged purplish toward margin, edge often turned up. flowers 4 to 7 inches across, pure white A supeib variety. 20 cts each. $ per doz. Odorata minor. A miniature form, growing in some sections in shallow water; also where water recedes entirely in summer. A dainty, fragrant, white flower. 2 to 3 inches across. Can be grown in a tub. 20 cts. each. $ per doz. Odorata rosea (syn. X. Rubra). The well-known Cape Cod Pink Pond Lily. Unfortunately this variety does not succeed
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