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PINK PIGMY (N. Laydekeri, var. rosed). Pink. Similar to Chinese white 

 pigmy in size, habit, and leaf. Free flowering. More cup shaped. 

 Colour deepens with age from shell pink to carmine rose. Very 

 shallow water. 



POND LILY (N. odorata). White. Unequalled for fragrance, but not 

 so free flowering as some others. For large ponds. Hardy. Day 

 bloomer. Flowers 2 to 5 inches. Good for cutting. , SOUTH- 

 ERN (var. gigantea). White. Strongly scented, 3 to 6 inches 

 across. For water up to 8 or 10 feet. Leaves I foot; round. A 



large odorata. , LESSER (var. minor). White. A diminutive 



odorata. The best water lily for shallows, and will even stand com- 

 plete drying. Flowers I to 3 inches. , YELLOW (var. sulphured). 



Best hardy yellow for shallows. Opening from 7 to 8 A.M. Best 

 for cutting. 



RED GRACILIS (N. flavo-virens, var. rubra). Deep pink, approaching 

 red. Petals narrow, tapering. Flower star-like. Tender. Day 

 blooming. Best tender red day bloomer. I foot above water. 



RICHARDSON'S (N. tuberosa, var. Richardsoni). Most double of all 

 the white water lilies. Odourless. Does best in about 3 feet of 

 water. Flowers form a very delicate rosette. Floating. 



ROBINSON'S (N. Robinsoni). Red. Outer petals yellowish. Flowers 

 floating and leaves with a notch on border of the sinus. Oldest 

 and best known of the yellow-red water lilies. Free flowering but 

 not spreading rapidly. Hardy. Good for cut flowers. 



SEIGNORETTE'S (N. Seignoretti). Excellent companion to Robinson's 

 water lily but with flowers standing six inches above the water 

 and leaf not notched. 



STURTEVANT'S (N. Sturtevantii). Bright pink, with brownish orange 

 stamens. Night blooming. Requires high temperature. Most 

 massive in both flower and foliage. Flowers I foot in diameter. 

 Leaves becoming bronze with age. 



VICTORIA, OR GIANT AMAZON (Victoria Cruziand). The largest of all 

 aquatics, leaves 6 feet across; flowers i foot; white, becoming pink 

 on second day. Needs a warmed pond, but has borne seed out- 

 doors at Philadelphia. Better than the more tender V. Regia, 

 which it closely resembles. Needs special pools. Raise annually 

 from seed. 



