Dreer's garden calendar : 1903 . dreersgardencale1903henr Year: 1903 Tender Day=blooming Water Lilies. Euryale ferox. This was the noblest aquatic plant in cultivation prior to the introduction of the Victoria. The circular leaves are from 2 to 3 feet in diameter, upper side olive-green, curiously puckered and spiny ; the under side a rich purple with prominent spiny veins. Flowers small, deep violet. Plants, $ each. Seeds, 3 seeds for 50 cts.; $ per doz. Nympha^a capensis—Thunb. (syn. N. scutifolia, D. C; N. Carulea, B. M. 552, and American Gardens). Cape Blue Water Lily ; flowers ri
Dreer's garden calendar : 1903 . dreersgardencale1903henr Year: 1903 Tender Day=blooming Water Lilies. Euryale ferox. This was the noblest aquatic plant in cultivation prior to the introduction of the Victoria. The circular leaves are from 2 to 3 feet in diameter, upper side olive-green, curiously puckered and spiny ; the under side a rich purple with prominent spiny veins. Flowers small, deep violet. Plants, $ each. Seeds, 3 seeds for 50 cts.; $ per doz. Nympha^a capensis—Thunb. (syn. N. scutifolia, D. C; N. Carulea, B. M. 552, and American Gardens). Cape Blue Water Lily ; flowers rich sky-blue, 6 to 8 inches across; sepals green outside, whitish within, flushed blue. A very desirable species and useful for cutting. $ each. Seed, 15 cts. per pkt. — coerulea—Savigny. {syn. N. stellata Willd., N. scuti- folia of gardens'). Blue Lotus of Egypt. Leaves oval, 12 to 16 inches across, under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplish at margin. Flowers 3 to 6 inches across; buds conical-pointed; sepals thickly marked with black lines and dots; petals 14 to 20, lanceolate, acute, light blue above, lower half dull white; stamens yellow. Free grower and bloomer. Plants, 50 cts. each. Seed, 15 cts. per pkt. - Gracilis. A Mexican species of great merit, and the only white day-flowering tropical species in cultivation. Leaves green, 15 to 17 inches across, deeply and ir- regularly sinuate, angles of lobes rounded; flowers white, 6 to 8 inches across; petals numerous, lanceolate; stamens deep yellow, distinct and free-flowering. The flowers standing a foot or more out of the water, and possessing a delicate fragrance. Desirable for cutting. Plants, $ each. Seed, 15 cts. per pkt. Nymph/EA Zanzibariensis. THE WATER GARDEN, a beautifully illustrated book on Aquatics, gives full cultural directions. Price, $, postpaid.
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