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The Tropical Water-LiliesDay-Blooming TropicalsDay-Blooming Tropicals2Day-Blooming Tropicals3Day-Blooming Tropicals4Day-Blooming Tropicals5>Day-Blooming Tropicals6Night-Blooming TropicalsNight-Blooming Tropicals2ST. LOUIS GOLD -Pring. Medium-sized plant producing citron-yellow flowers
7 to 8 inches across. Leaves 10 to 12 inches in diameter, dark green flushed
chocolate-brown, fading green with age. Suitable for small pools. N. scutifolia-Species similar to N. capensis, considered an offshoot by many botanists. Star-shaped blooms, sky-blue and fragrant. ![]() Plate 35 . Shell Pink, a most attractive tropical, clear pink with large
flowers. Sparingly viviparous.
SHELL PINK-Flowers clearer pink than General Pershing, large and firm, bowl-shaped. Leaves dark green flecked reddish-brown, reddish on underside. Sparingly viviparous. STELLA GURNEY-Gurney. Star-shaped flowers of an even, light-pink hue. N. stellata-Medium-sized flowering species, wild in southern Asia, Java, Borneo, and the Philippine Islands. Star-shaped, light-blue flowers in the species type with little or no fragrance. rosea-Good variety. Slightly larger, soft-pink flowers. N. Stuhlmanii-African species, small sulfur-yellow flowers, stamens orange-yellow, sepals a yellowish-green. Sweet scented. N. sulfurea-Smaller African species, deep-sulfur shade, sweet odor. Seldom cultivated. ![]() Plate 36 . Persian Lilac, one of the prettiest and most delicate of the
blue tropicals.SUNBEAM -Pring. New viviparous variety with large, brilliant yellow flowers.
Considered the most brilliant yellow among water-lilies. TALISMAN -Pring. Viviparous hybrid named for the red and yellow rose
of the same name. Fine form. Highly viviparous. N. vivipara-Generally accepted as same species as N. micrantha. WILD ROSE -Bright, solid, large-petaled, pink flowers with large golden
center, stamens pink tipped. Leaves dark green flecked reddish-brown,
light green flushed red below. Viviparous. WILLIAM STONE -Violet-blue flowers shaded amaranth. YELLOW STAR -Large, shallow, starlike yellow flowers borne well above
the water, with relatively few, long, tapered petals. Leaves large and
green. Excellent lily for mass display. ZANZIBAR PURPLE-See N. capensis zanzibariensis. Continue to Night-Blooming Tropicals |
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