Truly beautiful. Medium-sized, globe-shaped blooms of bright and even cherry-red.

Double, outer petals of the cup-shaped bloom are white, spotted deep rose. Centers are flushed with warm pink.

Soft, rose-colored blooms 7 inches or more in diameter, deepening around the edges. Becomes delicate lilac-rose with age. Broad, incurved sepals also rose, lightly stained with green. Flower opens wide, and blooms freely all summer. Foliage is purplish-green. Extensive grower if given room.

Pink blooms of medium size. Once popular, but seldom cultivated now.

-The hardy varieties Marliac produced in this group now known as Marliacea are the world's best. They include a full range of color and size with blooms of classic form. Plants thrive in a variety of conditions, and all bloom freely. Some are fragrant. Year in and year out, they are best sellers.

-Often cataloged as Marliac White. Large, snow-white bloom with broad, waxy petals and a clump of rich-yellow stamens, held just above the water. Sepals tinted pink. Exceptionally fine fragrance. Foliage deep red on the underside, dark green above.

-We list this, as do many other dealers, by the more popular trade name, Morning Glory. Bloom is star-shaped, the pale pink of apple blossoms, with a profusion of yellow stamens. Has a fine, sweet, vanilla scent. Very free bloomer. Has produced as many as five flowers at once the first year, three times that many the second. After plant has been established a year or two, sepals and outer petals develop a rosy tinge at base. Fine lasting quality as cut flowers.

-One of the prettiest of all water-lily color combinations. Four- to 6-inch blooms are rich, creamy yellow with bright-yellow stamens, contrasting strikingly with olive-green foliage, bronze marked. Healthy, extensive grower, plant soon fills the end of a pond. When crowded, leaves and blooms thrust themselves above the water. Should be divided every other year to keep it in check.

of glowing amaranth, flecked white. Olive-green leaves mottled chestnut-brown. Small grower.

ignea- Vivid carmine, on the small side, with conspicuous red anthers. Foliage similar to that of flammea, above.

rosea-One of the best of the hardies for cutting. Large, cup-shaped blooms are deep rose-pink, shading darker toward the center. Blooms have a waxy, dewy freshness unsurpassed by any other water-lily. Good fragrance. Leaves are purplish-red at first, becoming deep green with age.

rubra punctata-Medium size, globular flowers of a deep rose-carmine shade.

-Large, star-shaped, shell-pink blooms with delicious scent. Free and steady bloomer, medium grower.

-Large, cup-shaped bloom, one of the daintiest peach-blossom pinks imaginable. Generous bloomer, plant spreads very little. Fine for tubs.

Large, peony-shaped flower with blooms held well above the water. Cup-shaped, pink, spattered carmine. Conspicuous orange-yellow stamens. Fine scent. Free bloomer and grower.