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bright amaranth red, shaded white; the outer petals pink, the color deepen- 

 ing toward the center; stamens deep orange. 



N. M. ignea, one of the most striking of recent introductions, has fiowers 

 of magenta red and stamens orange red. It is a brilliant flower in the sun- 

 shine, and is highly spoken of in England, where it apparently does well. At 

 present it has not proved to be a vigorous grower, nor so satisfactory under 

 cultivation in the United States. 



.V. M. rubra punctata has a beautiful flower of moderate size, flowers of 

 deep rosy purple, spotted carmine, with orange stamens. 



N. odorata. Our native sweet scented Water Lily, is widely distributed, 

 and can be found in many ponds, lakes and slow running streams. Under 

 cultivation, associated with other species, it has been fertilized from them by 

 insects; in this way and also by other means several forms and gradations 

 (some very choice) in size and color have resulted. The best forms are very 

 desirable for their large, pure white flowers and delicious fragrance. The 

 sepals are very often edged with pink, giving the appearance in bud of a pink 

 flower. A grand Water Lily for naturalizing. 



N. o. caroliniana. A natural cross that originated with Dr. Henry T. 

 Bahnson, of Salem, N. C. The petals are of a delicate soft pink and the golden 

 stamens reflect a lovely salmon tint. It varies through several shades in color 

 under certain conditions and soils. The flowers are of the largest size. A 

 very choice and select variety, and has proved a great acquisition where it has 

 remained undisturbed for two or three seasons. 



N. o. exquisita has large, rosy carmine flowers, much deeper in color than 

 those of N. o. rosea, and is the darkest colored Lily in this group. Foliage 

 dark red. Moderate grower. A hybrid of French origin, and very beautiful. 



N. o. gigantea, sometimes called the Southern odorata, being common 

 from N. Carolina to Florida, and the only white variety indigenous to this 

 section, differs from N. odorata in being a more vigorous grower. Large, 

 handsome, green foliage, vmder side bright red. Root-stock occasionally very 

 large and hard. The flowers are large and pure white, somewhat incurving, 

 and lacking the delicious fragrance peculiar to the type. It requires a deeper 

 water than the type to grow it to perfection. 



iV. o. maxima. This is entirely different from the type ; the flowers are 

 large and cup-shaped; petals broad at the base, and without a tinge of red on 

 either sepals or petals. A most beautiful variety, found in New Jersey. This 

 is probably the same as the variety N. o. superba. (Some doubts exist as to 

 this and the preceding variety belonging to the odorata group). 



N. o. minor is, as its name implies, small. Leaves only two to five inches 

 across, and flowers two to three. A very pretty plant, and well suited for 

 growing in tubs. It is found true in some sections of New Jersey in shallow 

 water of cold bogs and poor soil. There are other forms of N. o. minor with 

 somewhat cup shaped flowers, and only slightly fragrant. 



