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in the centre is a broad, yellow, basin-shaped 

 stigma. The flower opens each day about 

 noon and closes again at five in the afternoon, 

 repeating this on three or four successive 

 days. It exhales a delicate fragrance, like 

 that of a tea rose. 



If a change from the pure white is wanted 

 we may choose one of the smaller hybrids 

 of the pigmy water-lily. For bright yellow 

 take the yellow pigmy (ISf ymphcea tetragona, 

 var. helvola), similar in size and in habit of 

 growth, but the flower is bright yellow and 

 the leaves are very heavily blotched with 

 distinct reddish-brown patches. It gets these 

 characteristics from the native Mexican water- 

 lily (AT. Mextcand), which is found in Florida, 

 Texas and Mexico. This is a very peculiar 

 species, scarcely hardy as far north as Phila- 

 delphia, and certainly cannot be classed as 

 a hardy garden plant. For, though it will 

 exist in water of a depth of three feet, it will 

 not bloom if left continuously out of doors. 

 It is a shy bloomer even at its best. 



For those who prefer pink there is the 



