MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 99 
VENUS.—A gay, rosy pink marbled with creamy white. Four petals 
stand out bold, arranged like the four leaved clover. A most 
beautiful flower. 5 feet. 
WAWA.—Creamy white to flesh color with gilt stripe bordering the edge 
of petals. Flower not very large, but clusters well, making a beauti- 
ful display canna. 3 feet. 
WEST GROVE.—Coral colored, 414 feet. 
WM. BECK.—Colors similar to Italia, but the flower is gladiolus shaped, 
making a half-orchid type. The only one of its kind. 5 feet. 
WM. SAUNDERS.—The best of all low-growing cannas. Flowers very 
bright and large, with a whitish cast in the throat. Bronze foliage. 
3 feet. 
WM. TRELEASE.—Bright red and rather cup-shaped flower. Indi- 
vidual flower unimportant, but the extreme profuseness of stalks 
and flowers make this variety an exceedingly fine bedder. 4 feet. 
Originated by L. D. Yager. 
WINTZER’S COLOSSAL.—Claimed to be the finest of the orchid type. 
Vivid, scarlet flowers measuring 8 inches across. 5 feet. 
WINTZER’S METEOR.—A vast improvement on the original and flowers 
much larger. 4 feet. 
WYOMING.—Flower a golden bronze; very large orchid type. The fluffy 
petals wave and flap in the wind. The finest bronze foliage with fine 
flowers, 6 feet. 
YELLOWHAMMER.—Yellow with red spots; profuse bloomer. Between 
Florence Vaughan and Berthine Brunner.‘ 5 feet. Originated by 
L. D. Yager. 
ZENITH.—A soft pink, veined with a darker shade. Exceedingly large 
cup-shaped flower. A beauty. 5 feet. 
WATER GARDENS 
The water-lilies at the Missouri Botanical Garden are 
being grown this summer chiefly in two gardens. The larger 
containing various hybrids of both day and night-blooming 
nymphaeas is situated midway between the main gate and 
the conservatories, greeting the visitor as soon as he enters 
the Garden. The smaller is immediately in front of the 
Linnean House and is known as the “Linnean House Pools.” 
Here will be found the immense Victoria lilies, which with a 
few others are tropical in their habit and require the water 
heated to a temperature of about 90°F. 
The history of water-lilies dates as far back as the ancient 
Egyptians who held the so-called Egyptian lotus as a sacred 
flower. It was also deemed sacred y the natives of India, 
Thibet, China, and Japan, and is still employed in religious 
invocations and ceremonies to a great extent. 
Nymphaeas (Night-Blooming).— The nocturnal lilies 
(Nymp Lotus) are natives of tropical Asia and Africa. 
These are the largest and handsomest of the flowering water- 
lilies. The original species are Nymphaea Lotus dentata, 
