YELLOW WATER-LILY. 



Nuphar lutea. Nat. Ord., Nymphacete. 



HEN it was known by our friends 

 and others that we were engaged 

 upon this series of wild flowers, 

 various tastes came very promi- 

 nently forward. One hoped that 

 we would early include the beau- 

 tiful blue " corn-flower/' while 

 another was enamoured of the 

 brilliant crimson of the pseony, 

 and hoped that that would 

 shortly make its appearance, 

 though as a matter of fact this 

 is only found on an island called 

 Steep Holm, near the mouth of 

 the Severn. The plant that 

 commanded the greatest number 

 of suffrages was the white lily, but we have not the heart 

 to crowd so glorious a thing into the somewhat limited 

 space that our illustrations give us. 



The most bigoted admirer of the present plant and we 



can hardly imagine any one who enjoys its charms more 



than ourselves must perforce admit that the grace and 



delicacy of the white water-lily are even more attractive ; 



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