Title: Dreer's garden book 1916
Identifier: dreersgardenbook1916henr (find matches)
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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268 11 (-HENRTAMâ IBIIADftPHIA-M-iafWATER LILIES-" AQUATICS NELUMBIUMS No flowering plants, aquatic or others, are more worthy of cultivation than the Xelumbiums, and none can be cultivated more easily. If they never bloomed, their foliage alone would be enough to win the admiration of everyone. Their enormous leaves, of tender bluish green, held aloft on tall, flexible stalks, sway and wave in the slightest wind. But when this is crowned with a wealth of beautiful flowers, gigantic in size, exquisitely tinted, perfect in form, and with a perfume strong yet delicate, it is easily understood why they hold the foremost place among aquatics. Their culture is quite simple, requiring the same treatment as other hardy Water Lilies. See page 265. Some varieties are slow in growth after transplanting, and it may be the second year before they flower; but the second and third seasons generally repay for any extra care or patience expended. All Nelumbiums are suitable for tub culture. NOTE.âNelumbiwms can only be supplied in dormant tubers from May 1st to Jane loth, after which date only such varieties as we can furnish in pots should be planted. Album Grandiforum. (Syn. A. flori- bunda.) A grand white variety, whose purity, fragrance, size, majestic foliage and hardiness stamp it as one of the best. Dormant tubers, $2.00'each; pot plants, $3.00 each. Album Striatum. The flowers of this ex- quisite variety are pure white, (he edge of the petals irregularly striped and tipped rosy car- mine, with distinct magnolia fragrance. Strong, vigorous grower. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each; pot plants, $3.50 each. Kermesinum. A distinct and charming va- riety, bearing flowers resembling the Her- mosa Rose in color; the earliest flowering variety, blooming end of June in this section. Dormant tubers, $1.50 each; pot plants, $2.50 each. Kinshiren. Flowers white shaded pink; very free-flowering, coming into bloom early and continuing throughout the season. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each. Luteum. (American Lotus, WaterChinque- pin.) A superb variety with yellow flowers; indigenous in the Western and Southern States. It has been introduced into the East- em States, where, as a rule, it grows as freely as any native plant. Dormant tubers, $1.00 each; pot plants, $2.50 each. Osiris. A beautiful globular flower of a pure deep rose, very rich and pleasing; early and free-flowering. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each; pot plants, $3.50 each. Pekinensis rubrum. This is the best dark- colored variety in cultivation; the flowers are brilliant rosy carmine, 10 to 12 inches across, outer petals well reflexed, having the grace- ful form of N. SpecioSUVlJ foliage large and handsome; vigorous and free-flowering. Dormant tubers, $3.00 each; pot plants, $400 each. Shiroman. This superb variety has enorm- ous double snow-white flowers borne on stalks well above the foliage; a vigorous grower, free-flowering and equally as hardy as the well known _ZV\ Speciosum. Dormant tubers. $3.00 each; pot plants, $4.00 each. Speciosum (Egyptian Lotus). The best known variety and the easiest to grow, desirable for naturalizing in ponds where the magnificent foliage and superb flowers produce a splendid sub-tropical effect. Flowers 8 to 12 inches across, of a deep rose color, creamy white at base of petals, exquisite for cut- ting. Dormant tubers, $1.50 each; pot plants. $2.50 each
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Nelumbiums Pekinensis rubrum plenum. Identical with the preced- ing, but with immense giant double paeony-flowered blooms. Dormant tubers, $5.00 each; pot plants, $6.00 each. Roseum. Flowers of a uniform deep rose-pink. Dormant tubers, $2.00 each; pot plants, $3.00 each. Roseum plenum. A magnificent variety, with large, full, double bright rose flowers. Dormant tubers, $2.50 each; pot plants, $3.50 each. We are large growers o* Aquarium Plants. See list on page 272

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