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Vol. V. 



82.00 a Year. 

 24 Numbers. 



CHICAGO, FEBRUARY i, 1897. 



Single Copt 

 10 Cents. 



No. 106. 



A NEW WATER LILY. (Nympliaa Greys.) 



Aquatics. 



NyiHPflflBfl GREYflE. 



This is a beautiful hybrid nympbasa, a 

 cross between N, scuti folia maculata 

 gigantea and N. gracilis, the latter being 

 the seed-bearing parent. It is described 

 as follows: leaves large, twelve to fifteen 

 inches in diameter, dentate, in young 

 state sparsely spotted with crimson 

 underneath; the upper surface of mature 

 leaves bronze green. The flowers, which 

 are borne on stout stems fifteen to eigh- 

 teen inches above the water, have bright 

 rose-pink petals; the stamens are of the 

 same shade, tipped with purple. The 



inside of the sepals is the same as the 

 petals, while the outside is a bright green, 

 with a few elongated crimson marks. 



The flowers were exhibited before the 

 Mass. Horticultural Society, receiving a 

 first-class certificate of merit. It is cer- 

 tainly a grand acquisition, being one of 

 most vigorous of all the nympha?as, and 

 the flowers of a unique shade, which is 

 retained in nearly full brightness until they 

 fade, or for about five days. Under trial 

 it has proved to be the freest of its class 

 for outdoor cultivation. From its parent- 

 age it should prove half-hardy in this sec- 

 tion (Massachusetts), and a little further 

 south it should stand as well as N. scuti- 

 folia, which it resembles in habit. It is 

 believed to be the first hybrid nymphaea 

 raised in America. S. 



Roses. 



THE CHEROKEE ROSE. 



In a recent number of Gardening, L. 

 Greenlee, writing from North Carolina, 

 gives great and deserved praise to the 

 Cherokee Rose. I may add to what he 

 says that it is an evergreen, and in many 

 parts of the south it is a favorite (or 

 hedging. 



In reply to his inquiry why it is not as 

 great a favorite in the north as the seti- 

 gera and Wichuraiana, I will say that it 

 is because of its lack of hardiness. On 

 two occasions it has been under my ob- 

 servation, and both times the plants 



