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blue that deepen until the tips are a light corn 

 flower blue with sulphur yellow stamens. The 

 charm of this flower is its petals which are long and 

 narrow, giving it a pretty star shape. 



For the night blooming Nymphseas, why not 

 use the Dedoniensis, which throws out large, pure 

 red flowers often showing from twelve to eighteen 

 blooms at a single time, also the Dentata whose 

 white flowers measure from eight to twelve inches 

 in diameter and open out horizontally. 



Do not forget in your collection to include the 

 Royal Water Lily. Of these, the Victoria Regia is 

 a well-known species. While the plants are ex- 

 pensive, the seeds can be bought for a much more 

 reasonable price and are more interesting as one 

 can watch them from their start until blossoming. 

 The Victoria Trickeri is also desirable. In good 

 condition its leaves are from four and a half to 

 five and a half feet across, a single plant having 

 from twelve to fifteen leaves and producing three 

 or four flowers in a single week. These flowers are 

 picturesque, being white at the time of opening and 

 changing to deep rose pink, admitting a strong 

 fragrance not unlike that of a ripe pineapple. 



In addition to water lilies one should plant dif- 



