98 WATER-LILIES 



small gardens or where one does not want 

 to get oflF with a minimum of labour these 

 are ideal plants. They do not spread rapidly 

 but maintain a single strong shoot, from 

 which an ample supply of leaves and flowers 

 arises. 



N. Rohinsoni and N. Seignoreti are the 

 oldest and best known of this group. The 

 former bears a peculiar "ear-mark," by 

 which it may always be recognised. As in all 

 the nymphaeas, the leaf is round, and attached 

 to the petiole near the centre. On the basal 

 side a deep cleft divides the leaf from the 

 margin, nearly or quite to the petiole. The 

 borders of this cleft are very constantly smooth 

 and entire. But in N. Rohinsoni there is a 

 peculiar crimped notch on each side, midway 

 of the cleft; it also has floating flowers, where- 

 as those of its companion stand six inches 

 above the water. 



The bright combination of yellow, orange 

 and xed which characterises the flowers of 

 this group is suggested by the name of one of 

 the most recent members, N. Aurora, the 



