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richest shades of colour, have been endowed by their female 

 progenitors with a very hardy constitution ; and these new 

 comers, which often surpass in grace and beauty their most 

 famous relatives from the torrid zone, have also the advantage of 

 being day-flowering. 



The number of hybrids which I have succeeded in raising at 

 Temple-sur-Lot, where the cultivation of aquatic plants forms an 

 important speciality, amounts exactly to thirty- four quite distinct 

 varieties. The following are the names of those which are 

 already known in the horticultural world : they are twenty- seven 

 in number. The seven others are still unnamed, and have not 

 yet been sent out ; but before long they also will put in an 

 appearance. 



Andreana. — Flowers brick-red, shaded with yellow ochre ; 

 cup-shaped on a very straight stem, projecting 5 to 6 

 inches from the water ; stamens rich orange ; leaves spotted 

 with chestnut-colour on the stalk and streaked with red-brown 

 on the back. 



Aurora. — One of the most remarkable varieties ; ground-work of 

 clear yellow, shaded with faint red the first day of flowering, 

 with orange-red the second, and with intense red the third ; 

 stamens orange-red ; leaves dark olive streaked with red-brown 

 on the back. 



Caroliniana nivea. — Flowers pure white, symmetrical, very large 



and double, with an exquisite scent; stamens rich yellow. 

 . Caroliniana perfecta. — Flowers salmon-red, very double ; petals 



obtuse and perfectly regular ; stamens rich yellow. 

 Ellisiana. — Flowers bright currant-red. The fiery orange colour 



of the stamens has a very fine effect. 

 Fulva. — Flowers a very clear yellow shaded with red, which 



becomes brighter every day ; petals incurved ; stamens 



orange-red. 



Gloriosa. — One of the triumphs of hybridisation. A grand 

 floating scented flower, 7 inches in diameter, very double, and 

 of perfect form ; currant-red, washed with rose-white at the 

 tips of the lower petals ; stamens rich red. This is the only 

 Water-lily which has regularly five sepals. 



Laydekeri fulgens. — Another variety of the very first order. 

 Flowers rich amaranth ; stamens fire -red. 



