. Dreer's garden calendar : 1898. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. WATER LILIES AND AQUATICS. 97 TENDER WATER LI LI ES-Night=Biooming varieties. The following varieties are among the choicest of Aquatic plants, and most valuable for cut flowers (excepting Victorias). Unlike the native ami European varieties, which open with the rising sun and close after noon, these open af er sunset and remain open until after sunrise, and in dull weather and toward fall remain open until noon. These cannot be planted out in the ope
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1898. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. WATER LILIES AND AQUATICS. 97 TENDER WATER LI LI ES-Night=Biooming varieties. The following varieties are among the choicest of Aquatic plants, and most valuable for cut flowers (excepting Victorias). Unlike the native ami European varieties, which open with the rising sun and close after noon, these open af er sunset and remain open until after sunrise, and in dull weather and toward fall remain open until noon. These cannot be planted out in the open tank until warm weather. VICTOR I A-The Royal Water Lily. Of all the family of Water Lilies, the grandest and most gorgeous is this species. It inhabits the tranquil bays and lakes of the great streams of South America. Its gigantic leaves are from five to six feet across, turned up round the edges, the upper surfice of a bronzy-green, the under side a vivid crimsom ; furnished with strong veins, which are cellular, filled with air, and form a regular and elegant network. The under surface of the leaf, as well as the footstalks of the leaves and flowers, are covered with prominent and elastic prickles. The peculiar formation of the under surface of the leaves imparts to them great buovancy. The flowers are not less marvelous than the leaves, being, when expanded, twelve to fifteen inches in diameter; the petals are verv numerous; their color at first pure white, passing by successive shades into a rosy hue and a lively red, and they exhale an agreeable odor not unlike a rich pineapple during the first day of blooming. In the States north of Virginia it is safer to provide artificial heat in the tank, as the season would be too short for the plants to fully develop, although the plants will make rapid growth and their odd foliage prove a great source of pleasure, attraction and wonderment. One of the most striking features of this wonderful Aquatic is that, as grown here, it i
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