FLORA AND SYLVA 
is strong and very free, fragrant, and blooms 
far into the autumn. 
A^. ca7idida. — A plant coming from Styria, 
and so near alba as to be often called the Bo- 
hemian form of it. The flowers are small and 
very white, with a reddish-brown centre. Seeds 
very large. Syns. Ns. semiaperta, or biradiata. 
N. Carrisbrooki. — A new kind raised in Cali- 
fornia, and described as bearing flowers of 
bright flesh pink, and very fragrant. 
A^. chrysantha. — A new and handsome kind 
of mxdium growth, and deep yellow flowers 
passing to orange-red, with a cluster of bright 
red stamens ; leaves edged and marbled with 
bronze. 
A^. colossea. — Very large in leaf and flower, 
blooming with the earliest and lasting well into 
the autumn. Leaves of fine form, rich green 
above and brown beneath. Fragrant flowers 
of pale pink or flesh colour, the outer segments 
of pale olive-green, and pale-yellow stamens. 
Thrives in open water in deep pond mud, and 
is quite happy even when much exposed. Our 
fine engraving is from a plant grown under 
these conditions for several seasons past, at 
Gravetye Manor, Sussex. 
A^. El/isiatia. — One of the best, and so rich 
in colour as to be conspicuous at a distance. 
Large broad-petalled flowers of reddish-crim- 
son with orange-red stamens. A plant of robust 
growth and free in flower. 
N. Jfava. — This hardly ranks among hardy 
Water-Lilies, for though it will pass a mild 
winter uninjured, and may even survive for 
several years in the warmest parts of Britain, 
a severe frost is often fatal, especially after one 
or two cold seasons. Though found in the 
southern states of North America, it is pro- 
bably only a form of the Mexican Water- 
Lily, and was long lost sight of, until redis- 
covered in the warm lagoons of Florida. Its 
growth is weaker and more slender, and the 
flowers fewer and paler than in the Mexican 
plant. Its flowers are rather small, clear pale 
yellow, standing well above the water on slender 
stalks, and open from early morning till late 
afternoon, sinking at the end of the second day. 
Instead of a thick rhizome this has a mass of 
fibrous roots, and spreads as freely as any Straw- 
berry by means of long runners which root as 
they go : the roots are never quite at rest, and 
possibly this has something to do with its ten- 
derness. Under glass it is pretty and distinct, 
but it starts late in the open, and only blooms 
well in warm seasons. 
N. fulva. — Bears medium-sized star-shaped 
flowers, curiously incurved at the tips of the 
petals, and sweetly scented. Its colour is rose 
upon yellow, with yellow stamens, the red 
growing deeper towards the centre and bright- 
ening with age. Leaves spotted with brown 
above, and suffiised with red beneath. 
A^. Gladstoniana. — An American seedling 
! with white flowers of great size, sometimes 8 
j inches across. They are free from all trace of 
colour and stand well above the water on stout 
! stems, the whole plant being of free and open 
I habit. One of the first to bloom in spring, and 
j the last flowers are only cut down by autumn 
I frosts. 
I N. gloriosa. — Bears massive flowers 7 inches 
I across, rich dark red with orange-coloured 
i stamens, and fragrant. Being slow to spread 
and difficult of increase, it should be left for 
several years undisturbed, and while of strong 
growth, it sometimes dies off^ suddenly. The 
j flowers are very full, and floating, the lower 
petals often prettily tipped with rosy-white 
during the heat of summer, becoming deeper 
and more uniform towards the autumn. This 
i is the only kind always bearing five sepals. 
N.gracillimaa/ba. — A pure white kind raised 
by M. Marliac, with flowers of 6 to 7 inches 
across, very full of petals, and fragrant. 
A^. graziella. — A new French seedling of 
I peculiar orange-red colour streaked with green, 
i flowering without a break till quite the end of 
; the season. 
A^. "James Brydo/i. — A new American seed- 
ling with full flowers of 4 to 6 inches wide, of 
deep rose-crimson shading to magenta when 
mature ; petals finely rounded and curving in- 
wards, with a paler, silvery sheen beneath, and 
stamens of bright orange. An excellent and dis- 
tinct kind, quite hardy. 
A^. James Gurney. — Also from America, 
with fair-sized flowers of deep rose, coming 
near A^. Ellisiana. 
N. Laydekerifu/getjs. — A flower of fine co- 
lour and beautifully cupped, the rounded petals 
of crimson-purple showing paler within and 
enclosing a cluster of vivid red stamens. Like 
