538 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Of the various plants cultivated in the lily lake the following may 

 be mentioned: — Euryale ferox from Southern China. Of the tropical 

 Nymphaeas, the blue-flowered species, NympJiaea pennsylvaniana, N. 

 pulcherrima, N. stellata, N. zanzibariensis azurea, N. caerulea; the 

 white day-flowering N. gracilis; the rose-coloured day-flowering 



zanzibariensis rosea and rubra, two of the most beautiful of 

 this exquisite family; a yellow day-flowering N. pygmaea helvala 

 from Japan; some only expand their blossoms until noon, such as 

 the rose-coloured N. Beamana, N. Lotus ' Jubilee,' probably a hybrid, 

 and N. Bisetii, and the white A^. Jjotus, N. dentata, and N. dentata 

 superba. There are also the red and dark red Nymphaeas ' Hofgartner 

 Grabner, ' kewensis, O'Marana, and Ortgiesiana rubra. j 



Amongst the hardy ones may be noted Nymphaea alba, white;! 

 N. atrosanguinea, dark rose; N. 'Aurora,' a beautiful orange; N. 

 Laydekeri var. purpurea, carmine, from Japan; N. lucida, rose colour; 

 N. Marliacea chromatella, a rich yellow; N. Marliacea rosea, rose| 

 iV. odoraia minor, white; A^. sulphur ea, yellow; N. sphaerocarpus,^ 

 white and rose; and N. sphaerocarpus Froebeli, a fine dark red; and 

 N. Robinsonii, cinnamon. 



The lake contains many hardy aquatics from every part of the 

 globe. Of the most interesting as thriving together are: — , 



Acorus japonicus fol. var. . . China. 



Aponogeton distachyon . . . Cape of Good Hope. 



Arundo Donax and fol. var. . . S. Europe. 



Butomus umbellatus . . . England. 



Caltha palustris .... Gt. Britain, &c. 



Hibiscus palustris grandiflorus albus N. America. 

 Hibiscus palustris grandiflorus 



Pinus excelsa var. Pence 



Himalaya. 



Japan, 



Levant. 



California. 



Austria. 



California. 



N. America. 



Japan. 



California. 



Europe. 



N. America. 



Europe, India, &c. 



Irel^and. 



N.W. America. 



Japan. 



N. America. 



densiflora 

 halepensis 

 Jeffreyi . 

 Laricio austriaca 

 Lambertiana 

 Strobus 

 Thunbergi 

 ponder osa 

 sylvestris . 



Pseudotsuga Douglasii glauca 

 Taxus baccata . 



,, hibernica . 

 Tkuya gigantea . 

 Thuyopsis dolabrata . 

 Tsuga canadensis 



carneus 



