. 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 Lilies* 19 BICHHORXIA CRASSI- PES MAJOR (Ponte- deria.) \The Water Hyacijith.) 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
. 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 Lilies* 19 BICHHORXIA CRASSI- PES MAJOR (Ponte- deria.) \The Water Hyacijith.) 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 hanging 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 orchids. The}^ are produced freely during summer and autumn. The plant increases very rap- idly and soon forms a large mass, ap- pearing like a bed of Hyacinths. It flowers best if grown in two or three inches of water with rich soil for the roots to take hold upon, or if crowded *and matted together when floating in deep water. It will also flower in a tub partly filled with soil, covered with water. Wintered in a warm greenhouse. 40 cents each, $2 per half dozen. OUVIRAIVORA FEISES- XRAIvIS, [The Lattice-Leaf Plant.) Though by no means a new plant, it is extremely rare in this country. We copy from " Stove and Garden Plants," by B. S. Williams, this description : " It is popularly known as the Lace-Leaf or Lattice-Leaf, and is one of the most singular plants in existence The leaves are from six to eighteen inches in length, and from two to four inches in breadth ; oblong, with an obtuse apex, and spread- ing out horizontally beneath the surface of the water. They are of a dark olive green color, and consist of a strong midrib and what would be called the primary nerves of an ordinary leaf, and thus
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