Crat. Nat. Obd. NYMrii-t.vcEj 



SWEET SCENTED WATER LILY. 



Nymphcea Odorala. 



*' Rocked gently there the beautiful Nvniplura 

 Pillows her bright head." 



Calender of Floweriw. 



^^v^'^OXD-LILY is the popular name by which this beaut iCul 

 aquatic plant is known, nor can we find it in our hearts 

 to reject the name oi' Lily lor this ornament of our lakes. 



I^J^ The AVhite Xympha'a might indeed be termed '(iueen 



of the Lakes,*" for truly she sits in regal pride upon her watery throne, 



a very queen among flowers. 



Very 'Ovely are the AVater Lilies of Enji-land, but their fair 

 sisters of the Xew World excel them in size and frairrance. 



Many of the tribe to which these plants belong are natives of 

 the torrid zone, but our White Pond-Lily {Nymphcm odvrata,) and 

 the Yellow [Niiphar advena.) and Nnp)har Kahnkma only, are able to 

 support the cold winter of Canada. The depth of the water in 

 which they grow^ enables them to withstand the cold, the frost rarely 

 penetrating to their roots, which are rough and knotted, and often 

 as thick as a man's wrist ; white and fleshv. The root-stock is 

 horizontal, sending down fibrous slender rootlets into the soft mud: 



