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water ; they are of finely rounded petals, 

 curving inwards, the outer row and the 

 sepals slightly drooping. Its subdued 

 growth and distinct globe-shaped flowers 

 make it one of the most distinct of white 

 Water- Lilies. 



N. TUBEROSA VAR. ROSEA. A Supposed 



natural cross with the rosy Cape Cod 

 Water-Lily. It is nearly as vigorous as 

 its parent, with large pink flowers rising 

 above the water, and opening widely to 

 show the crown of bright red stamens. 

 A good plant for deep water. 



N. WILLIAM DOOGUE. An American 

 hybrid with large floweis of soft pink, 

 very broad in petal, much cupped, and 

 evenly coloured throughout. A charming 

 plant and quite hardy. 



N. WILLIAM FALCONER. A flower of 

 striking colour, one of the best dark Water- 

 Lilies. The blooms are large (6 or 7 

 inches) and deep crimson, shaded with 

 purple, and yellow in the centre. The 

 young leaves are bright red, changing to 

 deep green, with veins of reddish purple. 



M. Latour Marliac sends me a list of 

 the newest varieties of these beautiful 

 plants of his raising : Escarboucle, (Sloire 

 du Temple-sur-Lot, Indiana, Marguerite 

 Laplace, Newton, Mrs Richmond, Sirius, 

 Sylphida. 



NYSSA (Tupelo Tree}. A small 

 group of trees little planted, but hav- 

 ing certain good qualities. One of the 

 most brilliant sights I remember was 

 a Tupelo tree at Strathsfieldsaye in 

 Hampshire in autumn a tall slender 

 tree, in splendid colour of leaf. The 

 trees are mostly natives of N.E. 

 America, a very cold country, so that 

 there can be no doubt about their 

 hardiness; and the fact that they 

 grow in swampy places should make 

 them easy to find a place in this river 

 and estuary veined land. 



N. AQUATIC A (Tupelo Gum) rises some- 

 times to a height of 100 feet, and is rather 

 of southern and western distribution. 

 The two first-named species are the most 

 important for our country. 



N. BIFLORA (Water Tupelo) is a some- 

 what smaller swamp and waterside tree, 

 of N, Jersey and southwards. 



N. SYLVATICA (Sour Gum) is the Tupelo, 

 a tree over 100 feet high in deep swampy 

 ground in Maine and Canada, southwards 

 and westwards. 



CENOTHERA (Evening Primrose). 

 These are amongst the prettiest of 

 hardy flowers, and are easily grown 

 in all soils. From June onward they 

 are in their beauty. They have large 

 bright yellow or white flowers, in 

 many kinds freely borne. Their name 

 notwithstanding, many are open by 

 day ; as for instance, (E. linearis, 



speciosa, taraxacifolia, and trichocalyx. 

 Many of the finest Evening Primroses 

 are natives of States west of Missis- 

 sippi, such as California, Utah, Mis- 

 souri, and Texas. They all bloom the 

 first season from early seedlings. Some 

 of the true perennials, and particularly 

 the prostrate ones, are shy seeders, but 

 the tall ones seed freely. Sowing 

 themselves freely, they are apt to 

 become too numerous and somewhat 

 " starved," so that they are best 

 grown in large groups. Amongst them 

 we have tall erect sorts like (E. Lam- 

 arckiana, prostrate, as in trichocalyx 



OEnothera marginata. 



and ccespitosa, and white flowers, 

 as in the two last named, while coronopi- 

 folia and speciosa often change with 

 age to pink or rose. Few plants have 

 finer yellow blooms than missouriensis ; 

 and, moreover, they are very large 

 4 to 6 inches across. Neatly all are 

 more or less fragrant, particularly 

 ccespitosa, marginata, fragrans, and 

 eximia. 



CE. BIENNIS. A handsome biennial, 

 3 to 5 feet high, with large bright 

 yellow flowers. Its variety grandiflora or 

 Lamarckiana should always be preferred 

 to the ordinary kind, as the flowers are 

 larger and of a finer colour, having a fine 

 effect in large masses, and it is well suited 

 for the wild garden. 



