. Catalogue of rare water lilies and other choice aquatic plants with careful directions for their culture. Water lilies, Catalogs; Aquatic plants, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), New Jersey, Bordentown, Catalogs. Rare Water Lilies. LIMNOCHARIS HUM- BOLDTII. {The Water Poppy.) A charming and easily cultivated plant, with oval floating leaves, and flowers of a bright lemon color with black stamens. The flowers stand a few inches out of water, and are pro- duced freely during the entire season. Easily grown in a tub, but better still in
. Catalogue of rare water lilies and other choice aquatic plants with careful directions for their culture. Water lilies, Catalogs; Aquatic plants, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), New Jersey, Bordentown, Catalogs. Rare Water Lilies. LIMNOCHARIS HUM- BOLDTII. {The Water Poppy.) A charming and easily cultivated plant, with oval floating leaves, and flowers of a bright lemon color with black stamens. The flowers stand a few inches out of water, and are pro- duced freely during the entire season. Easily grown in a tub, but better still in the Water Lily garden, planted in a box or a tub, which must be elevated so that the plants may grow in shallow, water. Wintered in a greenhouse. 40 cents each. SAGITTARIA MONTEVE- DIENSIS. This is a giant compared with our native Arrowheads, which it resembles in the form of its foliage and flowers. It grows to a height of four feet, with leaves fifteen inches long. The flowers are produced abundantly on spikes three feet high, each bloom being two inches across, pure white, with a purple spot at the base of each petal. It should be wintered in the greenhouse. 50 cents each. EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES MAJOR (PONTEDERIA). (The Water Hyacinth.) The leaves of this charming plant are borne on curious swollen stems, which at first sight appear like those of a pitcher plant. On examination, these stems prove to be filled with delicate spongy air-cells. It is the nature of this plant to float around on the water, its large cluster of hairy roots hang- ing downward under the surface. The blossoms are of a beautiful rosy lilac color, produced in large spikes like a Hyacinth, as shown in our illustration. The delicacy of the flowers is such as to remind one of They are jced freely 1 g summer ltumn. The increases very. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations ma
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