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flowers, the other {N. M., var. rosea) is deep 

 rose. None of the three can be said to bloom 

 freely. N. Wm. Doogue resembles N. M., 

 var. carnea, but has larger flowers, sometimes 

 six inches across, and rather more of them. 

 It is of American origin, while alltfhe N. Mar- 

 liacea and Laydekeri varieties are French and 

 take their group names from their raisers. 



THE CAPE COD WATER-LILY 



The flowers have the slender, graceful 

 petals of the common white pond-lily and the 

 delicious scent of that species, but are of a 

 beautiful rose-pink colour. As in the type 

 species the flowers open about 6 A. m. or 

 earlier and close about noon, but this variety 

 has the peculiarity of keeping its sepals 

 continuously open. The closed flower there- 

 fore forms an ovate mass of pink, stand- 

 ing on a four-rayed star of dull white. It is 

 a shy bloomer, and must be raised in con- 

 siderable numbers to give a good effect. It 

 is impatient of the summer heat of Phila- 



