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Lists Of "Bests"How to Keep Blooms OpenEarliest>For Tubs And Miniature PondsBEST SIX
BEST BY COLOR (PLATES 36 AND 37) New water gardeners frequently ask us to recommend the best water-lily in a certain color. To avoid argument, I want to stress that I give here my personal preferences. Describing a beautiful flower is like describing a beautiful woman-no two men agree.
RED. The hardy Nymphaea Marliacea ignea, James Brydon, Attraction (reddest), and N. atropurpurea (darkest); the tropical day-blooming N. gracilis rubra, B. C. Berry, and H. C. Haarstick, and the night-blooming N. Omarana, George Huster, Frank Trelease, and N. columbiana.YELLOW. Nymphaea Marliacea chromatella, N. odorata sulphurea, N. pygmaea helvola, and N. Moorii among hardies, and these tropicals -the day-blooming St. Louis, St. Louis Gold, Aviator Pring, African Gold, and Sunbeam. WHITE. The hardy Nymphaea alba candidissima, N. Gladstoniana, N. Marliacea albida and N. virginalis; the tropical day-blooming N. flavovirens, and Mrs. G. H. Pring, and the night-blooming N. dentata grandiflora and superba. PINK. The hardy Mrs. C. W. Thomas, Pink Opal, and Rose Arey; the tropical day-blooming General Pershing, Independence, Mrs. C. W. Ward, and Persian Lilac, and tlle night-blooming Nymphaea Bissetii and Mrs. George G. Hitchcock.CHANGEABLES. The hardy Nymphaea amibilis, Paul Hariot, and Comanche. BLUE. The day-blooming Nymphaea capensis, N. zanzibariensis, Blue Beauty, Midnight, William Stone, Bagdad, Director George T.Moore, and Mrs. Edwards Whitaker.There are no blue hardies, nor are there any blue night-blooming tropicals. Continue to BEST SIX |
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