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mottled with brown above and 

 spotted red beneath; rosea, clear 

 soft pink; rubra, dark rose; sul- 

 phurea, sulphur-yellow, 8 ins. across, 

 leaves marbled. 



N. Parkeriana, from British Guiana, 

 resembles JV. odorata, and has large 

 pure white fragrant flowers with 

 yellow stamens. 



N. pygmaea. This beautiful North 

 Asiatic species is, next to JV. Baumi, 

 the smallest of the Water Lilies 

 hardy or tender. Its heart-shaped 

 leaves are 3 to 4 ins. broad, and the 

 sweet-scented white flowers are about 

 2 ins. across. Quite hardy. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1525.) 



N. scutifolia. A South African 

 species resembling N. stellata, but 

 having broader and blunter petals 

 to its sweet - scented bright blue 

 flowers. Tender. (Fl. d. Serr. vi. 

 t. 645.) 



N. stellata (N. coRndea). A native 

 of Tropical Africa, with unspotted 

 leaves and delicately scented sky- 

 blue flowers during the summer 

 months (Bot. Mag. t. 552). 



The variety cyanea is a pale blue 

 Indian form (Bot. Mag. t. 2Q58); 

 versicolor has white flowers flushed 

 with red (Bot. Mag. t. 1189); and 

 zanzibarensis has rich purple - blue 

 flowers about 7 ins. across (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6843). 



N. stellata and its varieties may 

 be grown in open sunny tanks during 

 the summer months; but they are 

 usually regarded as tender. 



N. Sturtevanti is a seedling from 

 N. devoniensis, with large flowers of 

 a clear pale rosy -red. 



N. tetragona. A native of N. 

 Asia and parts of N. America, 

 having leaves 4 to 5 ins. across, 

 green above, red beneath. The 

 flowers are pure white with yellow 

 stamens, and measure only l to 2 

 ins. across. This little Water Lily 



does not increase freely from root- 

 stocks, but may be easily raised from 

 seeds. The variety Helvola has pale 

 yellow flowers 2 ins. across, while 

 himalai/ensis has white flowers only 

 1 in. across. 



N. thermalis. The Hungarian 

 Lotus, found in Hungary in the 

 warm river named Pecze. It has 

 sharply toothed leaves, and pure 

 white flowers with a wine-like odour 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 797, as 2f. Lotus.) 



N. tuberosa. A fine free-growing 

 North American species remarkable 

 for its creeping root-stock bearing 

 oblong tubers. The faintly scented 

 white flowers appear in July and 

 August, and are from 4 to 7 ins. 

 across. Hardy. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 6536.) 



The variety rosea has deliciously 

 fragrant pink flowers ; and Richard- 

 soni has pure white double flowers. 



N. Wm. Doogue. An American 

 seedling with broad -petalled flowers 

 of a clear shell-pink colour. Hardy. 



N. Wm. Falconer. Another 

 American seedling intermediate 

 between N. Laydekeri and N. 

 Marliacea. The leaves are reddish 

 when young, but turn to olive-green 

 with red veins, and the ruby-crimson 

 flowers with orange-yellow anthers 

 are about 6 ins. across. Hardy. 



N. Zenkeri. A native of the 

 Cameroons, with small conical rhiz- 

 omes, long-stalked, deep heart-shaped, 

 lobed and toothed leaves, and white 

 flowers tinged with red, 2 to 3 ins. 

 across (Garten/. 1906, 519). Tender. 



ORNITHOGALUM (amis, a bird; 

 gala, milk ; application mysterious), 

 STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Nat. Ord. 

 LiliacejE. A large genus of plants 

 with tunicated bulbs, radical leaves, 

 and leafless scapes ending in clusters 

 of starry six-petalled flowers. 



The hardy species flourish in any 



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