l8 WATER-LILIES 



leaving a free passage down to the stigma; 



(2) the anthers are plump and round and 

 have not yet begun to shed any pollen; 



(3) the basin-like stigma is filled with liquid 

 excreted from its surface. 



The flower stalk is scarcely able to supply 

 the petals with water; the cut flower should 

 be floated in a dish or, if placed in a vase, 

 the vase should be full to the brim with water, 

 the flower projecting as little as possible. 

 When carried from the sunny garden into the 

 house the flower is likely to close, on account 

 of the diminished light, but it will open again 

 next morning as well as if it were outside. 



