70 WATER-LILIES 



In from three to seven weeks the first, 

 threadlike, seed leaves make their appearance. 

 Three to four weeks later the third leaf will 

 have been produced. This is the time to 

 transplant the seedlings. Put them singly 

 in 2-inch pots, shifting later into 3-inch 

 pots and using in both instances a soil 

 composed of heavy loam with which a little 

 most thoroughly rotted cow manure has been 

 mixed. Do not use leafsoil or any other 

 light material. From this time the treatment 

 of seedlings is identical with that of the young 

 plants obtained by vegetative propagation 

 (tubers, or rhizomes), and the whole lot may 

 be grown on together under exactly simi- 

 lar conditions, even in the same tank. 



All the true species of tender day-blooming 

 nymphaeas seed freely, and may be easily 

 raised from seed. These are N. gigantea, 

 elegans, gracilis, ampla, Capensis, Zanzi- 

 bariensis, versicolor, and ccerulea. Sow the 

 seeds in February, in small pots or pans, 

 cover them lightly with sand, and keep in 

 warm water, about 80° F. When the plants 



