1 64 WALL AND WATER GARDENS 



WATER-LILIES, SPECIES AND HYBRIDS 

 SPECIES AND SUB-SPECIES 



Nymphcea alba. 



* candidissima (the finest form, requires 



more room and a greater depth than the 



type, say five to six feet). 

 alba plenissima. 

 M rosea, syn. N. Caspary, also N. sphcero- 



carpa rosea ; pale rosy-pink, the earliest 



to flower, ceasing also early. 

 Candida, the Bohemian Water-Lily, growth 



medium. 

 flava, pale yellow, from Southern United 



States, only suited for warm water or 



the most sheltered of positions outside ; 



growth weedy. 

 gladstoniana, a remarkably fine white, 



colour pure, petals broad, one of the 



very best. 

 odorata, the American white Water-Lily, 



growth medium. 

 odorata rubra, the Cape Cod variety of the 



preceding. 

 99 pygmcea, the Asiatic white Water-Lily, not 



so profuse of flower as some. 

 tuberosa, another American white Water- 

 Lily, of strong but not robust growth. 

 tuberosa maxima, a stronger growing form. 



