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into a rough tuber. It should be taken in- 

 doors about the first of November, or earlier, 

 if ripe, and kept in dry sand. Pringle says 

 he has seen them lying on the ground in dried- 

 up pools in Mexico, like old pine cones. In 

 spring each tuber gives rise to several lusty 

 plants for summer blooming. This hardy 

 character is shared by its offspring, William 

 Stone, Mrs. C. W. Ward and Stella Gurney, 

 making these the best ones for most of us. 



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A nearly allied species is Nymphcea ampla, 

 from tropical America. While it resembles 

 N . flavo-virens in colour, the flower is larger 

 (four to seven inches across) and the petals 

 broader, and rounder. The leaf is often 

 very large, twenty to twenty-four inches 

 across, and reddish purple beneath. The 

 sepals are marked with numerous black 

 specks and lines, whereas those of N. flavo- 

 virens are pure green, or very rarely with 

 black markings. Unfortunately, this fine 



