NYMPH/EA GIGAhTEA. 



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NYMPH^A GIGANTEA, HUD- 

 SON'S VAR. 

 This Water Lily was raised in the gar- 

 dens of Gunnersbury House three years 

 ago, the seed coming from the wild 

 plant — N. gigantea. I cannot see that 



flexed in the way shown in the engrav- 

 ing when the bloom has been open 

 about two days. We have measured 

 flowers up to \o\ inches in diameter. 

 One distinct feature of this Lily is the 

 robust flower stems, which rise nearly 



THE GIANT BLUE WATER LILY |NYMPH<£A GIGANTEA, HUDSON S VAR.). 

 (Engraved for " Flora " from a photograph at Gunnersbury by George Champion.) 



any cross fertilisation has taken place, I erect and a foot or more clear of the 

 but it is distinctly better than its pa- water. Our plants are growing in a tank 

 rent in colour, in size of flower, and heated from beneath to from 70 to 80 

 in breadth of petal; these become re- degrees. The tank is covered with glass, 



