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to inclusion in the most select collections. The leaves are 

 large, of a bronzy-green, deeply and sharply toothed at the 

 margins. N. Eugenie is a hybrid of Continental origin, with 

 large flowers, containing fewer petals than many of the other 

 forms of the Lotus section ; they are of a soft carmine-rose, paler 

 in colour towards the base of the petals. It is a free-growing 

 plant with large leaves, the upper surface being of a dull bronzy- 

 green, marked with reddish-brown blotches, and the margins 

 sharply serrated ; were it more floriferous it would be a decided 

 acquisition. N. kewensis is a hybrid between N. devoniensis and 



Frc 607. — Nymphs a Lotus dentata. 



N. Lotus, the latter being the seed-bearing parent ; it originated 

 at Kew in 1885. The plant is similar in habit to, and equally 

 as vigorous in growth as, the first-named parent, but the petals of 

 the flowers are a trifle broader and more rounded at the points; 

 these are of a bright rosy-red, shading off to a much lighter hue 

 towards their base. They are large, freely produced, and keep 

 open longer in the morning than most other kinds of the Lotus 

 section. 



N. Lotus (Egyptian Water Lily, or Lotus of the Nile) has large 

 white flowers, with sometimes a suspicion of pale pink in the 

 sepals and outer petals ; the leaves are peltate, deep green, and 

 sharply serrated at the margins. This is the type of many beautiful 



