Lists Of "Bests"
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BEST SIX
The shallow water hardies listed above are all fine for tub culture and very small pools.
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.
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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.