. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. iVvATER LILIES % AQUATICSi phimlphm 207. Nelumbium Speciosum Limnocharis Humboldti {Water Poppy). Flowers yellow, produced in the greatest profusion all summer. Leaves and flowers floating. One of the best plants for shallow water 6 to 8 inches deep or for tub cultivation. Requires greenhouse protection during winter. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Myriophyllum proserpinacoides {Parrot's Feather). 25 cts. each. Pontederia cordata {Pickerel Weed). Flowers blue in spikes 18 to 24 inches long. 25 cts. each. Sagittaria Japonica fl. pi. Flow
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. iVvATER LILIES % AQUATICSi phimlphm 207. Nelumbium Speciosum Limnocharis Humboldti {Water Poppy). Flowers yellow, produced in the greatest profusion all summer. Leaves and flowers floating. One of the best plants for shallow water 6 to 8 inches deep or for tub cultivation. Requires greenhouse protection during winter. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Myriophyllum proserpinacoides {Parrot's Feather). 25 cts. each. Pontederia cordata {Pickerel Weed). Flowers blue in spikes 18 to 24 inches long. 25 cts. each. Sagittaria Japonica fl. pi. Flowers double, pure white. 50 cts. each. Nelumbiums or Lotus Note — Nelumbiums can only be supplied in dormant tubers from May 1st to June 1st. Luteum (American Lotus, Water Chinquepin). A superb variety with yellow flowers; indigenous to the Western and Southern States. $ each. Pekinensis Rubrum Plenum. Large double flowers often 12 inches in diameter, bright rosy carmine, fragrant. $ each. Shiroman. Enormous, double, white flowers, very sweet- scented. $ each. Speciosum {Egyptian Lotus). The best known variety and the easiest to grow, desirable for naturalizing in ponds where the magnificent foliage and flowers produce a splendid subtropical effect. Flowers deep rose color, creamy-white at base of petals. $ each. Miscellaneous Aquatics For marginal and shallow water planting. AcorUS Japonicus VariegatUS {Variegated Sweet Flag). 25 cts. each. Cyperus Alternifolius {Umbrella Plant). 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Cyperus Papyrus [Papyrus Antiquomm). The true Egyptian Paper Plant. 50 cts. each; specimen plants in 11 in. tubs, $ each. Eichornia Azurea. Flowers a lovely shade of lavender-blue. This species of Water Hyacinth requires to be planted in soil in shallow water 4 to 8 inches deep. It makes long, trailing floating stems, growing rapidly and flowering profusely all summer. Tender. 50 cts. each. Eichornia Crassipes Major {Water Hyacinth). Flowers delicate l
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