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JV^. Devoniensis, etc. It has large and beautiful pure 

 white flowers with broad petals, and is far superior to 

 Nymphma dentata. 



Nymplma Ampla. — A tropical species, with sulphur- 

 white flowers, about six inches across, and strongly 

 scented like the odor of bananas. They open only at 

 night. # 



DAT-BLOOMIXG WATER LILIES, AND OTHER TEXDER 



AQUATICS. 



Nymplma Scutifolia (coerulea or cyansea). — The Lilies 

 cultivated under these names are of a beautiful shade 

 of lavender blue (not a deep blue), about three or four 

 inches across ; but when the plant is given abundance 

 of room and rich soil, the flowers will be much larger 

 and of a decidedly deeper tint. They are very fra- 

 grant, the perfume being entirely distinct from that of 

 Nymplma odorata. It may be successfully grown in a 

 natural pond, where the water is still and the mud rich. 

 Probably hardy in the South. Winter temperature, fifty 

 to sixty degrees. 



Nymplma Zanziharensis (the Royal Purple Water 

 Lily). — This new species, from Africa, was first flowered 

 in this country in the summer of 1882 ; and in Sep- 

 tember, 1883, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 awarded it their Silver Medal. It is, unquestionably, the 

 deepest colored and finest of all blue Water Lilies known, 

 and some European horticulturists declare it to be the 

 finest of the whole family. It is of a shade of blue so deep 

 that it is not unreasonably called purple. Some parts of 

 the flower are of the color of Lasiaiidra macrantlia (a 

 greenhouse plant). It has the same fragrance as N. 

 ccerulea, and, even when grown in small tubs or pans, 

 produces larger flowers than that variety. Under the 

 treatment given it in the Water Lily garden, they attain 



