GREAT WHITE WATER-LILY. 93 



'beneath it, as is sometimes done, to prevent the escape 

 of the water. 



The White Water-Lily being a perennial, the tube- 

 rous roots may be obtained from any of the lakes or 

 rivers where it grows naturally; the winter season 

 has been recommended as that best fitted for its re- 

 moval. If the pond is properly prepared, and the 

 hints we have given are attended to, it is only ne- 

 cessary to throw in a few of the tubers at the differ- 

 ent places where plants are wanted to grow, a stone 

 or other heavy substance being tied to them to pre- 

 vent their shifting, and the tubers will soon strike 

 root into the mud, and send up leaves and eventually 

 flowers to the surface of the water. Once establish- 

 ed, there is little fear of the continued success of this 

 Water-Lily; it will increase and multiply, so as to 

 render an occasional thinning necessary to preserve 

 it within due bounds. The roots of the different spe- 

 cies may be kept for a long period out of the water 

 without losing their vitality. M. Delile brought 

 roots with him from Egypt, and although they were 

 kept out of the ground upwards of two years, yet, 

 upon being planted in water, they immediately vege- 

 tated, and produced flowers. 



The White Water-Lily may also be grown from 

 seeds obtained in the autumn, and sown at that sea- 

 son. The entire fruit may be committed to the 

 waters, and allowed to decay at the bottom, scatter- 

 ing the seeds amongst the mud; or the Indian plan 



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