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Nuttallia pedata (Eird's-joot-leaved 

 N.) An erect, bushy, glabrous, 

 branching plant; 2 to 4 ft. high. 

 flowers, late in summer; handsome 

 reddish-violet with a white centre, in 

 panicles. Leaves, alternate, laciniately- 

 pedate, toothed, upper ones trifid. 



North America. By wood-walks, 



margins of shrubberies, or naturali- 

 zation, in ordinary soil. Division, or 

 seed. 



Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily}. 

 One of the most beautiful of all 

 hardy plants. Flowers, in summer; 

 white, scentless, lying on the surface 

 of the water, 4 to 6 in. across ; sepals 

 4, smaller than the outer petals, about 

 2 in. long and 1 in. wide, smooth, 

 yellowish-green outside, white within; 

 petals from 16 to 24, in two or three 

 rows, the outer ones having a green 

 streak along the back. Leaves, deeply 

 heart-shaped, entire, smooth, larger 

 than those of the Yellow Water-lily ; 



stalks round. Europe. In lakes. 



ponds, or streams. It looks much 

 better as an isolated plant or group 

 than when the whole surface of the 

 water is covered densely with its 

 crowded leaves, as is not unfrequently 

 the case. Division. 



Nymphaea odorata (Sweet-scented 

 Water-lily). A fine sweet-scented 

 kind. Flowers, in summer; white, 

 nearly 6 in. across when fully ex- 

 panded, very sweet-scented, opening 

 at early morn and closing in the after- 

 noon; petals blunt. Leaves, roundish, 

 entire, cut at the base into blunt 

 spreading lobes, 6 to 9 in. across, 

 notched at the apex. This species 

 varies with reddish or pink-tinged 

 flowers. N. minor is a variety with 

 much smaller leaves and flowers. In 



ponds, North America. In ponds, 



fountain basins, and slow - flowing 

 waters. Division. 



(Enothera fruticosa (S'undrops). 

 One of the most ornamental species, 



I to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 pale yellow, scarcely fragrant, erect 

 before expanding ; petals broadly 

 obcordate ; corymb peduncled, naked 

 below, lengthened in fruit ; tube of 

 the calyx much longer than the ovary. 

 Leaves, lance-shaped, or oblong-lance- 

 shaped, unevenly toothed, sessile or 

 slightly stalked ; stem simple, or 

 branching above, erect, purplish, stiff 

 but not shrubby. (E. serotina is a 

 variety having sessile leafy corymbs. 



North America. Borders, margins 



of shrubberies, or naturalization in 

 thin woods or copses, in sandy loam. 

 Division and seed. 



(Enothera Jamesii (James's (E.)-A. 

 vigorous and showy species about 3 ft. 

 high with a decumbent stem. Flowers, 

 in summer ; very large, fine yellow, 

 in panicles at the ends of the branches ; 

 petals not much longer than the 

 drooping stamens. Leaves, oblong- 

 lance-shaped, acute, dentate. Canada, 



by river-sides. Borders, in sandy 



loam. Seed or division. 



(Enothera linearis (Narrow -leaved 

 (E.) A neat kind, 10 to 15 in. high or 

 sometimes more. Flowers, in summer ; 

 yellow, somewhat corymbose, on the 

 tops of the branches, scarcely fragrant, 

 erect before expansion, unchanged in 

 fading ; tube of the calyx slender,longer 

 than the ovary but scarcely exceeding 

 the segments. Leaves, linear or nar- 

 rowly-lance-shaped, rather blunt, re- 

 motely toothed or entire, sometimes 

 linear-oblong, tapering at the base, 

 and slightly stalked ; stem slender, 

 often branched. N. America. Bor- 

 ders, margins of shrubberies, and bare 

 banks, in sandy loam. Division. 



(Enothera marginata (Large Evening 

 Primrose). A magnificent kind ; 

 9 to 12 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 very large and handsome, whitish turn- 

 ing to rose-colour, deliciously fragrant ; 

 petals large ; tube of the calyx longer 

 than the segments. Leaves, lance- 



