. Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, & Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 84 SCHLEGEL FOTTLER'S SEED CATALOGUE. Plant AQUATICS. The ease with which Water Lilies and Aquatics are cultivated, the certainty of handsome results the same season they are planted, the magnificent flowers of great variety of form and color, their delicate perfume and the great fascina- tion
. Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, & Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 84 SCHLEGEL FOTTLER'S SEED CATALOGUE. Plant AQUATICS. The ease with which Water Lilies and Aquatics are cultivated, the certainty of handsome results the same season they are planted, the magnificent flowers of great variety of form and color, their delicate perfume and the great fascina- tion in growing them, is making the water garden widely popular. All of the varieties may be grown in half barrels or tubs two-thirds full of well-enriched soil covered with an inch or two of sand, filled with water and placed in a sunny position in the lawn. AMERICAN YELLOW LOTUS. (Nelumbium Luteum). A fine aquatic, with large foliage and flowers six inches across, of a rich sulphur-yellow color and very fragrant. Each, NYWPH>CA ODORATA. EGYPTIAN, or SACRED PINK LOTUS. (Nelumbium Speciosimi). A noble plant; the leaves attain, at the time of blooming, a height of 5 or 6 feet and measure 20 inches and more across. The immense flowers, measuring 10 inches across, are white tipped with bright, deep pink, and very sweet. Each, WATER LILIES. (Nymphaea). These do best in a compost of two-thirds turfy loam, chopped up. and one-third well rotted cow manure. In planting, the tubers should be placed so as to be just covered by the soil, and should not be planted in too deep water to begin with, an inch or two being best till they have made some growth, the Each. .25 depth being increased as they grow, Coerulea, or Stellata. Rich ultramarine blue. 5 to 8 inches across : very fragrant. Devoniensis. Bright rosy-crimson, 8 inches or more across, leaves a foot or more across. Dentata. Flowers of an immense size and chalky whiteness, often 12 to 14 inche
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