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n the aquatic house, no. 9 of conservatory range I, there is 
much to interest and attract. At the present time, early in 
h, one of the recently introduced water lilies, of hybrid 
production, known odrow Wilson, is comi n 
wers are of a deep purplish blue. This belongs 
to the class of tender water lilies, of which a large collection is 
wn during the sum in the westerly pool in the c f 
conservatory range Another water lily, of recent production, 
is known as ific. This is also putting forth its firs 
flo interesting plants in the pool are: the water 
lettuce, Pistia Stratiotes, a floatin ae) i America 
d ; the floati rn, Ceratopteris pteridoides, of Florida 
and of tropical America; the parrot’s feather, Myriophyllum 
proserpinacoides, a native of Chile, with its feathery floating 
fEnal 1 . Piavoh a 
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ut leaves; the water hyacinth, £ 
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Indies, and in many tropical lands. In addition to the large 
quantities of sugar produced, a great ee of rum is manu- 
factured also from the juice of this plan 
Meteorology for February—The total a for the 
nth was 3.74 inches of which 1.5 + inches (15.75 inches snow 
measurement) fell as snow. The maximum plies for 
