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plants twenty feet across. The flowers are of great size, 
measuring from six to fourteen inches in diameter, many 
petaled, and pure white; it is a most profuse flower. 
Native of Sierra Leone. 
DEVONIENSIS. 
A splendid free-flowering variety, with leaves some- 
what like the preceding. The flowers are a brilliant red 
and measure five or six inches in diameter. If allowed, 
it will bloom without intermission the whole season 
through. A garden hybrid. 
CCERULEA. 
A lovely plant, which was no doubt held in great esti- 
mation by the ancient Egyptians, as it so frequently 
occurs on their monuments and in their hieroglyphical 
writings. The leaves are peltate, nearly entire, bright 
green; the flowers are blue, most delicately scented, and 
produced abundantly all through the Summer. Native 
of Egypt. This is the Lily it is said Moore mentioned 
in The Vale of Cashmere, when he sang— 
“The flowers of the valley all bending with dew, 
And the sweet Water Lily of exquisite blue.”’ 
RUBRA. 
This is a fine distinct kind. The leaves are slightly 
peltate, somewhat ovate, sharply toothed, downy on the 
under side and a dark bronzy green above. The flowers 
are nearly as large as Dentata, and of a deep crimson 
color. It isa native of the East Indies. 
SCUTIFOLIA. 
The leaves of this species are smooth on both sides and 
dark green above. The flowers are bright blue, and sweet 
scented. It differs from Ceerulea by its much larger and 
