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FLORA AND SYLVA 
all of this group, it is a good plant for tubs 
and small tanks. 
A^. Laydekeri lilacea. — Very free in its small 
flowers of soft rosy-lilac tipped with clear pink, 
their colour deepening to rosy-crimson on the 
third day. They are held well above the water, 
shining v/ith an almost silvery lustre in bright 
sunlight, and scented like a tea-rose. The plant 
does best in shallow water, and is one of the 
earliest to show flower. Syn. A^. lilacina. 
N. Laydekeri purpurata. — A telling flower, 
larger than others in this group and very 
shapely with its long-pointed petals. They are 
early, free, and fragrant, of a conspicuous shade 
of wine-red with orange-red stamens. 
N. Laydekeri rosea. — One of the most useful 
of hardy Water-Lilies, with fragrant, pale-pink 
flowers, opening about i i a.m. and passing 
through several shades to deep-rose as they 
fade away. It does best in shallow water and 
gives so few offsets that several plants should 
be grouped to secure the full effect of the 
changing flowers. 
N. Laydekeri rosea prolifera. — In this form 
the one fault of the parent — its difficult in- 
crease — is met by a free yield of offsets from 
the fleshy rhizome. These bloom when small, 
surrounding the parent with a succession of 
flowers, and providing increase. From this 
point of view it is a valuable gain. 
N. luciana. — Like odorata caroHniana in all 
save the deeper and uniform rose-pink of its 
medium-sized flowers. 
A^. lucida. — Comes near to L. rosea but of 
far stronger growth, with massive flowers open- 
ing starwise and rosy-vermilion in colour, 
paling towards the edges and the tips of the 
petals and deepening towards the cluster of 
orange stamens. The leaves, borne upon very 
long stems, are bold and finely blotched with 
chestnut-red above and reddish streaks beneath. 
Does well in fairly deep water. 
N. Marliacea albida. — A superb plant, thriv- 
ing in deep water, where it should be some- 
times thinned to avoid overcrowding ; its 
massive white flowers of 8 or more inches 
across, are pushed well above the water, and 
last into October. They are of glistening purity, 
fragrant, and very full of petals guarding the 
clusterof golden anthers. The guard petals are 
long and broad, but inside they grow shorter 
and narrower towards the centre. The outer 
petals are also often flushed with pink at the 
base, and the stamens show traces of the same 
colour when the plant is in heavy soil. In 
large groups its general effect is almost dazzling. 
1 A^. Marl, carnea. — A noble hardy plant, in 
colour a soft flesh-pink, deepening towards the 
I base of the petals and paling gradually to white. 
It grows well in shallow or deep water, flower- 
inglate,and showing its vanilla-scented flowers 
well above the dark leaves. 
1 A^. Marl, cliromatella. — The first yellow kind 
I sent out, a free and fine plant, but apt to get 
crowded, and when this happens it does not 
flower so well. Being vigorous it is a good 
plant for deep open water, where its large 
flowers of canary-yellow show finely against 
the dark brown leaves, and remain open for a 
J long while each day. 
\ N. Marl. Jiammea. — A handsome though in- 
I aptly named flower of medium size, being a 
deep wine-red rather than flame-colour, with 
I red stamens and petals flaked with white to- 
I wards the tips. Leaves streaked with reddish- 
brown. 
A^. Marl, ignea. — One of the brightest in 
j its uniform carmine-red, deepening slightly 
towards the crown of vivid orange-red stamens ; 
' sepals pale olive-green edged with rose beneath, 
and paler above. Though not large, the flowers 
j are good in colour, composed of eighteen 
I cupped and shapely petals. 
N. Marl, rosea. — Another stout grower, 
thriving in deep water to which its long slender 
stems are suited. Flowers rose colour, chang- 
ing to flesh-pink, broader in petal and fuller than 
j in M. carnea, with the colour deepening to- 
I wards the tips. Young leaves purplish-red, 
changing to deep green. 
! A^. Marl, rubro-punctata. — Flowers of great 
, size borne freely and through a long season. 
i Petals rosy-purple, tipped and flaked with 
j pink ; stamens orange-red. 
1 A^. Jiitida. — A very hardy little plant from 
Siberia, variable as to size of leaf and flower, 
I its minor form, with very small starry flowers, 
\ coming near A^. tetragona. 
N. odorata. — The white American Pond- 
Lily, common in the eastern States and with 
i all the beauty of our own, and fragrant. It 
varies much in size and colour, and (being of 
