of Nymphjea and tbofe named by Mr. Salisbury, Cas- 

 ta li a j yet we cannot accord with this author, when he ftates 

 that the former has feveral nectaries, the latter only one ; as 

 this apparently marked diftinction arifes merely from his 

 calling, in Nymph^ea, the parts analogous to the internal 

 petals of Castalia, the nectaries ; whereas, in Castalia» 

 he applies that name to the little knob in the centre of the 

 cup-fhaped ftigma ; which is to fuppofe that in two plants of 

 the fame natural order and clofeft affinity, an important organ 

 ihall not only not bear the fmalleft refemblance in form or 

 number, but have a totally different infertion ! 



.From the manufcripts of Dr. Roxburgh, which we have 

 had an opportunity of examining through the kindnefs of 

 Mr. Lambert, we learn that the Nymph^a verficolor is a 

 native of Bengal, and that there are two varieties ; in one of 

 which the flowers are perfectly white, in the other varioufly 

 fhaded with pink. 



Is eafily propagated both by feeds, which it 'ripens with us, 

 and by its tubers, which it produces in a manner very different 

 from its allied fpecies, as we are informed by Mr. Anderson, 

 the intelligent and fkilful direclor of Mr. Vere's garden, 

 where our drawing was taken in July laft. According to his 

 obfervations during the vigorous growth of the plant, a nu- 

 merous hoft of young bulbs or tubers iffue from the parent 

 flock, to which they adhere only by a flender thread. They 

 are round and of very various fizes, from that of a hazel nut 

 to a fmall feed, and when the leaves deray they fall off, and if 

 properly treated will readily vegetate and produce as many 

 young plants, many of which will bloffom the next feafon. 

 The original tuber, which is of a conical fhape, though it ap- 

 pears found for a length of time, does not put forth any frefti 

 leaves, but gradually decays from the bafe inwards. 



In a ciftern placed on a hot-bed and covered by a two- 

 lighted cucumber-frame, eight different fpecies of Water-Lily 

 were to be feen in flower at the fame time. 



