PUBLISHERS' NOTE 



Water-lilies are essentially flowers for 

 the man or woman who revels in magnificent 

 colours, for the hues are not equalled in 

 variety or brilliancy by the flowers of any 

 other plants. Is it any wonder that the 

 water-lilies continue to receive a constantly 

 increasing share of attention from horti- 

 culturists in all parts of the world ? 



Within recent years, so much has been 

 accomplished through the efforts of hybridis- 

 ing and hybridisers, many of whom in 

 America have equalled or even surpassed the 

 results obtained by the famous French and 

 English raisers, to whose efforts, it is true, the 

 modern activity is largely due. But with the 

 more favourable climatic conditions of this 

 country, still more striking productions have 

 been placed before the gardener. There are 

 very few ponds or pools that cannot be 

 adapted as cultural sites for the water-lilies. 



