WINTERING AND PROPAGATING 6l 



tuber, are N. flavo-virens, N. JVm. Stone, 

 and N. Mrs. C. W. Ward. The easiest to 

 grow from seeds are the blue lotus, Zanzibar 

 water-lily, and Nympkaa flavo-virens. 



WINTERING ENTIRE PLANTS 



It may even be necessary to keep the plant 

 itself over the winter. This course is followed 

 in case of seedling water-lilies which, during 

 the year, have not advanced sufficiently to 

 produce either seed or tuber. Though tubers 

 have been formed, they may be immature and 

 likely to decay before the next spring and it 

 then becomes necessary to resort to other 

 methods to retain the variety. 



The experienced grower readily foresees 

 which particular plant is liable to be in this 

 undesirable condition in the fall and lays 

 his plans accordingly. As soon as he has 

 decided that the plant is worth keeping — 

 something which usually can be foretold in 

 late summer — he digs it up and repots in 

 a shallow box, five to six inches deep and 



