THE HARDY WATER=HLIES 
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moderate growth) is well suited to tanks. The 
leaf may be anything from 5 to lo inches 
across, nearly round, and purplish wlien young, 
changing to pure green and reddish beneath. 
Flowers of 3 to 5 inches, composed of narrow 
pointed petals, long in the bud, which, from 
the red edges of the sepals, seems to give pro- 
mise of a pink Hower. 
N. odorata caroliniana. — Originated in an 
American garden as a natural cross between 
odorata and tuberosa. The leaves are green 
above and red beneath, and though nearly a 
foot across when fully grown, the plant is only 
of moderate growth and not too vigorous for 
a tank. Though easily divided, the plant is 
best left alone for several years, gaining in size 
of flower, which become 6 or more inches 
across, composed of very narrow pale pink 
petals, deepening in colour towards the centre. 
The flowers vary through several shades of 
colour, according to soil and climate, the fol- 
lowing varieties being fairly constant : nivea, 
with very double pure white flowers, narrow 
petals and rich yellow stamens ; perfecta, with 
semi-double flowers of the same narrow petals, 
but more rounded at the tip and deep flesh or 
salmon in colour ; and sa/mo/iea, a strong form 
with flowers of decided salmon-pink. Caro- 
liniana and Its forms are all strongly fragrant. 
Syn. A^. tuberosa var. superba. 
N. odorata delicata. — A small neat form, with 
rosy-tinted flowers. 
N. odorata exquisita. — Finely-shaped rosy- 
carmine flowers of medium size, with narrow, 
pointed petals and golden stamens ; they are 
the darkest of this group, and stand well out of 
the water. Leaves green above and intense red 
below. A French seedling of moderate growth. 
A^. odorata gigantea. — The larger, southern 
form of odorata^ found from North Carolina 
to Florida, and known as the Rice-field Water- 
Lily. It is of great vigour, delighting in deep 
water and flowering early in the season, but 
not in the autumn. The leaves are very large, 
sometimes measuring as much as 16 inches 
across, and dark green tinged with purple to- 
wards the edges which are often partly rolled 
inwards. The flowers — 4 to 7 inches across 
— are pure white with green sepals, slightly 
incurved, and nearly scentless. 
A^. odorata maxima.— K wild form, also 
known as superba, differing widely from the 
parent in its larger cup-shaped flowers, with 
spreading petals very broad at the base, and 
free from any trace of colour. Found only in 
New Jersey. 
A^. odorata minor. — A pretty little plant of 
slow growth, and one of the best for tanks and 
shallow water. The starry white flowers are 
j 2 to 3 inches across, with purplish sepals and 
sweetly scented, though forms occur that are 
almost without scent, and others with flowers 
I more or less incurved. The leaves are small, 
bright green above, and deep red beneath. A 
native of the shallow bogs of New Jersey. 
Syn. A^. pumila. 
N. odorata rosacea. — A good form coming 
j near exquisita but more vigorous, with bright 
I rosy flowers about 4 inches across, paling to 
salmon-yellow towards the crown of golden 
stamens ; petals narrow and pointed. 
j A^. odorata rosea. — The Cape Cod Water- 
Lily — a plant of moderate vigour, with petals 
of a uniform bright rose colour with yellow 
stamens, and fragrant. It begins early, and 
seeds so freely that (unless the dead flowers 
are kept cut) its season is short. The flowers 
also lose colour quickly when fully expanded, 
I and will sometimes burn in hot sunlight. 
Leaves rather small, deep red on both sides 
while young, becoming dark green. South- 
east Massachusetts. 
A', odorata sulphurea. — A beautiful plant, 
distinct from all other kinds in the cactus- 
shape of its flowers, and resembling the Yel- 
low Mexican Water-Lily (A^. mexicand) or its 
American form [N. Jiava). It is a plant of 
strong growth, forming many crowns and a 
profusion of clear yellow vanilla-scented flow- 
ers, from July into the autumn. Though not 
I much above medium size, they are conspicu- 
1 ous, rising well out of the water, and the long 
pointed buds open early in the day. Theleaves 
rest on the water unless crowded, and are 
I evenly rounded, and finely blotched and mar- 
bled. It is slow in starting to flower, hardly 
: beginning until July. 
A^. 0. sulphurea grandijiora. — A fine form of 
sulphurea., with the same starry cactus-shaped 
flowers, but much larger, fuller, and of paler 
yellow. Though its parent is one of the latest, 
this kind is the first in bloom and bears the 
