. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 230 HARDY XYHPH^^EAS. (Continued.) Odorata minor. A miniature form, growing in some sections in shallow water, also where water recedes entirely in the summer. A dainty, fragrant, white flower, 2 to 3 inches across. Can be grown \ in a tub. 20 cts. each ; ^2 00 per doz. ..——iOdorata rosea (si>ti. N. rnbrn). The well-known Cape Cod Pink Pond Lily. Unfortunately this vari- ety does not succeed under all con
. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 230 HARDY XYHPH^^EAS. (Continued.) Odorata minor. A miniature form, growing in some sections in shallow water, also where water recedes entirely in the summer. A dainty, fragrant, white flower, 2 to 3 inches across. Can be grown \ in a tub. 20 cts. each ; ^2 00 per doz. ..——iOdorata rosea (si>ti. N. rnbrn). The well-known Cape Cod Pink Pond Lily. Unfortunately this vari- ety does not succeed under all conditions, and we advise planting Tubirosa rosea instead, which is very , but having a much stronger constitu- tion and much freer flowering. 50 cts. each ; $5 00 per doz. Odorata Luciana. An exquisite variety of vigorous growth ; leaves green above, reddish beneath ; flowers 3 to 5 inches across, of a pure rosy-pink— not shaded or deeper at base of petals, as in A', o. , rosta—and the self-color is retained throughout the v. season. $ each. \j9dorata sulphurea. One of the very best hybrid Nymphasas. The greatly fragrant flowers are sul- phur-yellow, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, and stand- ing 3 to 4 inches out of the water ; leaves floating, as in the type, but blotched reddish on the under side, distinct. 50 cts. each ; $ per doz. Odorata sulphurea grandiflora. Very similar to the foregiii)ig. PLnnts more vigorous, with light- colored foliage. 75 cts. each; $ jier doz. Pygmaea {syn. N. tctragova). A gem. The small- est species in cultivation ; leaves dark green above, with occasional brown blotching, reddish beneath ; flower> white with yellow stamens \\ to 1\ inches across ; very free-flowering, and very useful for growing in tubs. 75 cts. eacli; $ per doz. Pygmaea Helvola [syn. N. tetragona Jlelvola). Similar to the preceding, but with sulphur yellow flowers; petals more pointed ; leaves green, early stage reddish, blotched all over with brown
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