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distinct acquisition. It is also one of the earliest to go to rest 

 in the autumn, having disappeared beneath the water whilst some 

 of the hybrids are still flowering. 



N. tuberosa. — This Lily with me has developed remarkably 

 during the past few years, and is now a very vigorous example. 

 The foliage and habit are more robust than even in N. alba ; whilst 

 the flowers, which are quite as pure in colour, are oftentimes as 

 much as 8 inches across. It takes its specific name from the 

 tubers produced upon the stems, and may thus be easily 

 distinguished when fully developed. It comes from the North- 

 Eastern States of North America, and hence is absolutely 

 hardy. 



N, pygm&a is pure white in colour, like AT. alba, being quite 

 distinct in habit, with cup-shaped blossoms. It is of medium 

 growth, hence well adapted for limited situations. N. pygmcea 

 comes from Northern Asia. 



N. cdorata minor is a smaller form of the type, coming from 

 North America also, but this has not so far flowered freely with 

 me. It is of slow growth. 



X odorata, from North America, is also pure white and sweet- 

 scented. Another characteristic is its multiplicity of petals, 

 which are long, pointed, and narrow. 



A", odorata rubra (the Cape Cod Water-lily), known as 

 A", o. rosea by the Americans, has its petals suffused with pale 

 reddish pink, deeper at the base. Like the type it is of quite 

 moderate growth. 



These are the species and their forms as grown at Gunners- 

 bury. The following are all hybrids, for which we are indebted 

 to M. Latour-Maiiiac, who for years has greatly interested him- 

 self in this branch of horticulture, viz. — 



AT. JJarliacea albida, the grandest white variety of which, I 

 think, there is any record. I have cut flowers of it fully 9 inches 

 across, but even this size has been exceeded. The colour is of 

 the purest white (more so than in X. alba) ; the blossoms as they 

 glisten in the sunshine are visible at a long distance off. The 

 foliage, too, is of extra size with a bronzy suffusion. 



N. JJarliacca chromatella is almost a counterpart of the fore- 

 going, being not quite so large in the flower or so robust in 

 growth. The colour is a soft primrose, or chrome-yellow, 

 fading with age. Like the preceding, it is very profuse in 



