NYMPH.EA 



THE BULB BOOK 



NYArPH^A 



known. It has roundish heart- 

 shaped leaves about 1 in. across, and 

 slightly scented white flowers scarcely 

 1 in. wide. Tender. 



N. blanda. — White. Native of 

 Trinidad. Tender. 



N. Candida (X. semiaptera). — A 

 Bohemian species like N. alba, but 

 with much smaller snowy - white 

 flowers. Hardy. 



N. Casparyi. — This is the name 

 now adopted for the plant grown 

 for many years under the name of 

 X. gi'jantea. It differs from the 

 true JV. gigantea in having smaller 

 and paler blue flowers with less 

 deeply cup - shaped petals. The 

 thinnish leaves are blue - violet 

 beneath, deeply indented and toothed 

 on the margins. Tender. 



N. Daubenyana. — This has large 

 sweetly - scented pale blue flowers, 

 remaining open all day but closing 

 at night. The leaves are remark- 

 able for producing little plants in the 

 basal sinus. Tender. 



N. devoniensis. — A beautiful hybrid 

 between N. Lotus and N. rubra, 

 with bright rose or red flowers, often 

 over 6 ins. across, from March till 

 November. Tender. {Bot. Mag. t. 

 4665.) 



N. ediUis (Castalia edulis). — White. 

 E. Indies. Tender. 



N. elegans. — A native of New 

 Mexico. Flowers fragrant, yellowish- 

 white tinged Avith lilac or purplish- 

 blue. Tender. {Bot. Mag. t. 4G04.) 



N. fennica. — A native c>f E. Finland, 

 with small white flowers having ten 

 to fifteen narrow lance-shaped petals. 

 The stigmas are five to nine, pointed 

 with yellow or violet-tipped lobes. 

 {(iard. Chron. 1899, xxv. 139.) 

 Hardy. 



N. flava. — A native of S. United 

 States, with canaiy - yellow flowers. 

 Half-hardy. (Bot. Mag. t. 6917.) 



N. Proebell. — A hybrid with sweet- 



scented deep crimson-purple flowers. 

 Quite hardy. 



N. gigantea. — Flowers 6 to 8 ins. 

 across, blue with golden stamens. 

 Native of Australia. Tender. (/Jot. 

 Mag. t. 4G47.) 



N. Gladstone!. — An American seed- 

 ling with highly fragrant flowers 8 

 ins. across, and pure white. Hardy. 



N. Henkeliana. — This is closely 

 related to X. stellata, but " difl'ers in 

 having the leaves sinuate on the 

 margin, and in the colour of the 

 small flowers, which are white or 

 pale rose." Tender. 



N. Holtzei. — An Australian species 

 readily recognised by its flat flowers, 

 which are pale blue, 4 to 5 ins. 

 across, and violet-scented. The thin 

 leaves are oval or roundish, without 

 teeth, and about 10 ins. long and 8 

 ins. broad. The variety Eleonoro' or 

 albitlora, from Melville Island, has 

 pure white flowers. Tender. 



N. James Gurney. — Another Ameri- 

 can seedling, with flowers 6 ins. across, 

 opening pink, but becoming deeper 

 with age. Hardy. 



N. Kewensis.— A Kew hybrid be- 

 tween X. devonieiisis and X. Lotus, 

 with rosy-carmine flowers (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6988). Tender. 



N. Laydekeri. — This name is given 

 to a group of hybrids (probably be- 

 tween X. pygmcea and some other 

 species) raised by M. Marliac, of 

 Temple-sur-Lot, France. The flowers 

 are pale rose, becoming deeper tinted 

 with age. There are many variations 

 to which names have been given. 

 Amongst them may be noted :— 

 Andreana, brick-red, shaded with 

 yellow ochre ; stamens orange, leaf- 

 stalks spotted with chestnut and 

 streaked with red-brown on the back. 

 Aurora may be called the Chameleon 

 Water Lily, as its exquisite flowers 

 change in colour from day to day, 

 being at first rose-yellow, then orange- 





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