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from six to eight inches and its leaves being beautifully mottled 

 with chestnut-colored spots. 



Nymphsea tuberosa, a native of the Western States, has a 

 beautiful flower pure- white and sometimes as large as nine inches 

 across. This species should be planted where the water is from 

 four to five feet deep, and its roots should be kept from mixing 

 with the smaller growers, otherwise it will starve them out and 

 choke them. There is a rose-colored variety of this species which 

 is identical with the original excepting in the color of the flowers. 



Nymphsea alba and its varieties are also very desirable, all 

 having beautiful flowers and handsome leaves, among the best 

 being Nymphsea candidissima, with pure-white flowers of large 

 size standing clear of the water. Nymphsea fulgens, as its name 

 implies, is a brilliant crimson with flowers beautifully cupped; 

 this variety should be in every collection. Nymphsea rosea is 

 another charming variety with flowers varying in color from 

 pink to purple. 



Then there are the Marliacea Hybrids most of them bearing 

 large flowers in many shades of color, some pink, some red and 

 some yellow, while others have stamens of a different color from 

 the petals making effective combinations. 



Nymphsea cserulea, a distinct species with blue flowers and 

 yellow stamens, ought to be in every collection. 



Nymphsea Zanzibarensis (the Royal Purple Lily) is without 

 doubt one of the finest of the Water Lily family, being a strong 

 grower and a free bloomer with rich purple stamens and petals 

 of intense blue, and having a very sweet odor. The foliage is a 

 rich green, the under-side being purple. This species has a rose- 

 colored variety, which, on account of its color, is also very 

 desirable. 



Nymphsea Devoniensis and its varieties are another class 

 which add much to the attractiveness of the water-garden as 

 they are night-flowering. They are very vigorous growers and 

 free-bloomers, the flowers, under good cultivation, growing 



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