. 5EEDS OF WATER LILIES. Raising seedling plants of all kinds has a peculiar charm and fascination, and a few remarks on the growing of Water Lilies from seed may be of service. The soil should be precisely the same as is used for the vast majority of flower seeds; that is, any good garden soil, nicely sifted, with a small addition of sand. The Tender Nymphaas and Victorias should be sown in early Spring. It is advisable to sow the hardy sorts late in Autumn, the seed usually lying dormant throughout the Winter and coming up in the Spring. Sow in pots, boxes or pans (the latter is best) ; fill
. 5EEDS OF WATER LILIES. Raising seedling plants of all kinds has a peculiar charm and fascination, and a few remarks on the growing of Water Lilies from seed may be of service. The soil should be precisely the same as is used for the vast majority of flower seeds; that is, any good garden soil, nicely sifted, with a small addition of sand. The Tender Nymphaas and Victorias should be sown in early Spring. It is advisable to sow the hardy sorts late in Autumn, the seed usually lying dormant throughout the Winter and coming up in the Spring. Sow in pots, boxes or pans (the latter is best) ; fill with soil to within half an inch of the top; sow the seed thinly and cover lightly with sand and stand in water for two days until the seed is thoroughly soaked, which will prevent any from floating when the pots are submerged, which they .should be in water at a tempera- ture as near 70 degrees as can be maintained. Two or three inches of water over the pots are sufficient depth. As soon as the seedlings make two or three leaves, they should be transplanted into pots or pans; as soon as floating leaves two or three inches in diameter are produced, pot singly into three-inch pots, and when well rooted repot into four-inch pots, from which size they may be planted into their Summer flowering quarters. In repotting into the four- inch size, a compost of one-half thoroughly rotted cow manure and one-half good loam should be used. When planted into permanent quarters, the same compost should be used, and the surface covered with clean sand. Full descriptions of the various sorts offered below will he found on the preceding pages. PER PKT. Xyniidifea Liotiis 15 PER PKT. Eurayle Ferox. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. Neliinibiimi Album Grandiflorum 15 — Kermesiuum 15 — Luteum 15 — Koseuni 15 — Speciosum 15 —• Siliroman (New Double White) 25 Nymplifea Coerulea 15 — Deiitata 15 — (rracilis 15 — Hybrida. Mixed varieties 15 Caroliniana 15 Rosea 15 — O'Maraiia 15 — Seu
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