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Nuphak advenum. — A very robust grower. Leaves 

 rich-green, above the water. Flowers large,_ globular, 

 yellow, red inside. 



N. Kcdmianum. Neat and small, with light-green 

 erect leaves and small globular golden flowers. 



X. luteum. — Common yellow "Brandy Bottle", but 

 too coarse for small sheets of water. Flowers globular, 

 yellow — like gold -headed drum-sticks. Var. minor is a 

 smaller form. 



N. saggittcefolium. — A rare and distinct plant, with 

 arrow-shaped leaves and pale-yellow flowers. 



Nymph/EA alba (common White Water-Lily) (fig. 476). 

 — Wild throughout the British islands, and somewhat 



Fig. 47fi.— Nymphoea alba. 



variable: one of the best vara, is plenissima—rfioweTS 

 nearly perfectly double. 



Var. candidissima (Giant White Water-Lily).— One of the 

 best and strongest growing of all the white kinds. 



Var. rosea (Rosy Swedish Water-Lily).— A rare and beautiful 

 rose-pink form of above. Also known as X. Caspary. 



N. amazorium. — Fragrant yellowish-white flowers 3-4 

 Inches across, a greenhouse or stove species. Leaves 

 entire or smooth-margined. 



X. ampla speciosa. — A yellowish -white stove species 

 from Jamaica. 



N. aurora. — Flowers shapely, of a light -rose colour, 

 with golden anthers. 



X. carol i it iana. — Medium-sized; flowers salmon, rose, 

 or flesh-colour; fragrant. 



X. devoniensis. — Flowers bright-rose or red, 5-8 inches 

 across, flowering from March till November in a warm 

 tank. It is a hybrid raised at Chatsworth. 



.V. degans. — Sweet-scented, as large as A. alba; sepals 

 pale - green or yellowish, streaked with brown ; petals 

 10-15, yellowish-white shaded with purplish-blue or lilac. 

 Stove. New Mexico. 



X. Ellisiana. — Flowers medium size, intense crimson 

 or carmine-purple. 



X. flava. — A small - growing Floridan species, rather 

 shy in flowering ; canary-yellow. 



X. Frcebelli. — A hybrid, with medium - sized, deep 

 crimson - purple flowers ; sweet - scented. It is quite 

 hardy, and is a robust grower. 



X. fulva. — Flowers light-yellow suffused with dull-red. 



X. gigantca (Australian Blue). — A beautiful stove 

 species, with numerous blue petals and a golden centre, 

 and 6-8 inches in diameter. 



X. Gladstonii (fig. 477). — Flowers white, 8 inches across, 

 cupped. One of the best. Very fragrant. An American 

 seedling. 



X. gloriosa. — One of the best and most brilliant of all 

 garden hybrids. Colour intense crimson-carmine, with a 

 purple shade. 



X. James Gurney. — Flower 6 inches across, petals long 



and crepe-like in texture, opening pink, and deepening 



in colour each successive day. Like X. Wm. Falconer, 



the flowers open early and remain so all day. American 



seedling. 



X. Leydeke7'i. — The type of a series of 

 small - growing kinds raised by Marliac. 

 Flowers opening pale -rose, becoming deeper 

 the second and third day. All the race 

 are presumably seedlings from X. pygmaa 

 fertilized by some red variety. 



Var. fulgens.— Flowers rich crimson with 

 an orange centre. 



Var. lilacea.— Flowers pale rosy-lilac. 



Var. purpurata.— Rich and deep rose-crim- 

 son, or carmine, with orange stamens. 



Var. rosea. — A free-grower, witli pale-pink 

 flowers, deepening in tint each successive 

 day. 



X. Lotus (Egyptian Lotus). — Large red 

 or white flowers ; sepals with red margins. 

 A very beautiful stove species, and the 

 sacred Lotus of the ancient Egyptians. It 

 is often represented on old coins, and 

 monuments, tombs, &c. Its fruits and 

 rhizomes were used as food. Var. dentata 

 is a white form with flowers 6-15 inches 

 in diameter, and comes from Sierra Leone. 

 There are several other named varieties. 

 X. lucida. — Flowers very large and solid, of a ver- 

 milion-red colour. 



X. Marliacea-albida. — One of the largest and best of 

 the white Nymphteas. All the Marliacea group of 



Fig. 47 



-Nymphoea Gladstonii. 



hybrids are robust, and throw up their central leaves 

 above the surface of the water, and unless divided and 

 replanted every three or four years the flowers are hidden 

 by the leaves. They appear to be seedlings of X. candi- 

 dissima crossed with V. odorata-rosea or X. alba-rosea. 



X. Marliacea -carnea. — One of the best. Flowers 

 6-8 inches across, of a delicate rose or flesh colour. 

 Vigorous grower. 



