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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



N. lucida, of which I have only had a few flowers, is a clear 

 pale pink, deepening with age to rose colour : it is a marked 

 improvement, I think, upon N. Laydekeri rosea. 



N. sanguined. — This is one of the choicest of the new 

 varieties, and is thus far very scarce : the colour is a deep blood- 

 red, the flowers are large and the petals broad ; it is one of the 

 deepest-coloured varieties in cultivation. I have only had a few 

 flowers upon my plant, which is of moderate growth. 



N. gloriosa is well described by its name, as it is without 

 doubt one of the very best of all the Marliac hybrids : in point 

 of size it equals K. Mar. albida, whilst in colour it is a dark 

 purplish red. Our plant has flowered fairly well, but it lacks 

 vigour as yet ; I hope another year I shall obtain flowers quite 

 eight inches across. It is a vigorous grower. 



N. Laydekeri rosea is one of the best known of the hybrids 

 raised by M. Latour-Marliac. It is of medium growth, flowering 

 most profusely, the colour being a soft rosy-pink, opening fre- 

 quently almost white, but deepening in tint day by day. It 

 continues to flower over a prolonged period. In growth it is 

 disposed to keep to one stem, making but few offsets. 



N. Laydekeri lilacca is a counterpart to all appearance of 

 N. Lay. rosea except in colour, which is a clear rosy-lilac : its 

 first flowers of this year opened late in June. 



N.fulgens. — Another richly coloured hybrid, which I have not 

 yet flowered to any extent ; the colour is a purplish-rose. I 

 have learnt from those who have flowered it freely that it is a 

 grand Lily. 



N.pygm&a helvola is the smallest Water-lily in our collection : 

 it is quite a miniature in foliage and flower ; the colour of the 

 leaves is a bronzy green with darker markings, and that of the 

 flowers a pale sulphur yellow. It is quite a gem. 



N.odorata rosacea. — This and the following have larger flowers 

 than the type : the colour is soft rose, paler towards the tips of 

 the petals. 



N. odorata exquisita. — In this variety the colour is a deeper 

 rose, suffused with carmine. This and the preceding are quite 

 gems in their way, being in addition sweetly scented. They are 

 both moderate growers, flowering well when established, notably 

 so this past season. 



N. Bobinsoni is a superb Lily of very close, compact growth, 



