XYMPILEA 



THE" BULB BOOK 



NYMPFLEA 



red, ultimately becoming deep red. 

 Jttandn, pure white, 4 to 6 ins. across. 

 Caroliniana nivea, flowers pure white, 

 very large and double, very fragrant ; 

 stamens rich yellow. C. perfecta has 

 salmon-red flowers, very double ; 

 petals blunt and perfectly regular. 

 EUisiana, brilliant carmine - purple. 

 F-ulr/t'ns, with dark green outer sepals 

 and crimson-magenta petals. Fulva 

 has creamy-yellow flowers tinted and 

 lined with bright red, the stamens 



another group of lovely hybrid 

 Water Lilies raised by M. Marliac, 

 and the following forms may be 

 noted : alba, perhaps the largest and 

 best white Water Lily, the flowers 

 being fragrant and freely produced ; 

 carnea, flesh tinted, with a delicate 

 blush, and scented like vanilla; 

 chromatella, with brown mottled 

 leaves when young, and large fragrant 

 flowers of clear yellow, produced 

 from early spring till late autumn; 



being golden-yellow, and the leaves ftammea, white and reddish-purple, 



blotched with brown above and 

 spotted with red beneath. Gloriosa, 

 a lovely scented flower 7 ins. across, 

 very double, bright red, rosy white at 

 the tips of the lower! petals ; stamens 

 rich red. Lilacea, has lilac - rose 

 flowers scented like Tea Hoses. 

 Ludda, soft vermilion, with orange 

 stamens, and large chestnut-spotted 

 leaves. Purpurata, deep rosy crimson 

 and vivid orange-red stamens. Rob- 

 insoni, deep rose - coloured flowers, 

 deeper towards the centre, dotted 

 with white, and with orange - red 

 stamens. Rosea, flowers medium- 

 sized, tender pink to carmine ; 

 stamens orange-red. Sanguinea, rich 

 carmine-amaranth or clear carmine; 

 stamens orange-red. Seignoureti, 

 delicate creamy-yellow tinted with 

 pale rose and carmine. 



N. Lotus (N. rubra). This is the 

 "Sacred Lotus" of the ancient 

 Egyptians. The rhizomes and fruits 

 used to be eaten. It is a beautiful 

 aquatic with large red or white 

 flowers, the sepals being edged with 

 red. (Bot. Mag. tt. 1280, 1364.) 



The variety dentata, from Sierra 

 Leone, has white flowers 6 to 15 ins. 

 across (Bot. Mag. t. 4257). The 

 variety Krumbiegeli has large bright 

 red flowers with dark red stamens; 

 leaves green above, red beneath. 

 Tender. 



the outer petals pink, deepening in 

 colour towards the centre ; ignea has 

 flowers about 5 ins. across, of a deep 

 bright rosy crimson surrounding the 

 vivid orange-red stamens ; rosea is 

 the choicest of the hardy pink Water 

 Lilies, with large cup-shaped flowers 

 of an exquisite soft rose tint much 

 deeper than the variety carnea ; 

 rubro-j>unetata has flowers 4 ins. 

 across, deep mauve-purple delicately 

 dotted with carmine. 



N. micrantha. A West African 

 Water Lily, having roundish elliptic 

 leaves, purple-brown beneath, and 

 white or creamy flowers, smaller 

 than those of N. alba. Tender. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 4535.) 



N. Moorianum. An Australian 

 species with yellow flowers. Tender. 

 (Gard. 1903, Ixiv. 90.) 



N. nitida. A Siberian species with 

 white scentless flowers 3 to 4 ins. 

 across. Hardy. (Bot. Mag. t. 1359.) 



N. odorata. A beautiful North 

 American Water Lily like N. alba, 

 with white sweet-scented flowers, but 

 smaller, from June to September. 

 They are sometimes tinted with rose, 

 and are open in the morning, but 

 closed in the afternoon. Hardy. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 819.) 



There are several varieties, the best 

 being exquisita, deep rosy-carmine ; 

 gigantea, very large flowers ; grandi- 



N. Marliacea. This represents flora, yellow, sweet-scented, leaves 



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