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FLORA AND SVLVA 
largest flower of the odorata group, opening 
out very flat, with narrow, crowded petals of 
elegant effect. It is free in flower when well 
established, and makes many crowns, with bold 
foliage of paler green, less mottled above, but 
covered beneath with reddish blotches. 
N. Robinsoni — A star-like flower of distinct 
and complex shades, best described as reddish- 
purple deepening towards the centre, which 
shows traces of an orange ground, paling again 
towards the tips of the petals as a white or 
creamy-yellow suffusion. The flowers are of 
medium size, with pointed and sharply taper- 
ing petals, and they last longer than almost any 
other kind when open. Leaf dark green, 
blotched with chestnut above and on the stems, 
and reddish below. 
A^, sanguinea. — The deepest in colour of the 
smaller Water-Lilies, with flowers which deep- 
en from clear carmine to deep ruby crimson, 
with dark orange-red stamens. 
A^. Seignoiireti. — One of the older hybrids and 
coming near other kinds suchasZ/.vr/<^rf (which 
is better worth growing), its colour being 
dingy and indistinct. The flowers are dull 
yellow washed with rose, and are held several 
inches above the water. A compact grower, 
with small but dense leaves, finely spotted. 
N. suavissima. — A new seedling raised in 
France, with deep rose-pink flowers of 6 inches, 
very full of narrow petals, and fragrant. Pro- 
bably a form of A^. odorata^ of good compact 
growth. 
iV. tetragoua. — The smallest of Water-Lilies, 
with little flowers to 2^ inches across and 
pure white with yellow stamens, opening for 
three or four days from noon till about 5 p.m. 
The leaf is as large as the palm of the hand 
and shaped almost like a horse-shoe, with the 
lobes wide apart ; coloured dark green above 
and reddish below. This kind and its forms 
thrive well in tanks, forming no offsets and 
spreading slowly, though free to flower from 
May to the end of September. It is grown 
from seed. N. Asia and parts of N. America. 
N. tetragoua var. Hehola. — A seedling with 
pale yellow flowers 2 inches across, open during 
the afternoon and slightly raised above the 
water. The leaf is oval and yet smaller than 
in the parent, and freely blotched with brown. 
It thrives in shallow water with a long season 
I of flower, while a dozen or more blooms may 
often be counted at once upon a strong plant. 
I In hot sunlight they sometimes come flushed 
with rose. 
N. tetragona var. himalayensis. — A small- 
flowered ItaHan seedhng, with floating blooms 
i of about an inch, coming from May to Octo- 
ber. It seeds freely, and the seedlings bloom 
well in their second year. 
iV. tuberosa. — The vigorous Water-Lily of 
the western and north-western United States, 
thriving in deep water, lifting its flowers high 
out of the water, and spreading rapidly by long 
tuberous offsets. It should therefore be planted 
by itself in deep water, but only flowers freely 
under a warm sky or in hot summers. Its 
season coincides with that of our native Water- 
Lily, the flowers opening from early morning 
to early afternoon, and lasting three or four 
days. They are creamy white, without a trace 
of colour in the sepals or petals, which are 
i longer and broader than in any other wildkind, 
and scentless. They vary from 4^ to nearly 
9 inches across, and bear larger seeds than any 
other kind. Leaves large, 8 to 1 2 inches across, 
and rising from the water when crowded or 
near the surface. This wild plant is so vigor- 
ous that it is best not planted in the same pond 
with the finer hybrids. Syns. N. blanda^ and 
A^. rcniformis. 
N. tuberosa var. maxima. — A form found in 
Lake H opatkong. New Jersey, growing in deep 
water, and supposed to be a wild cross between 
tuberosa and odorata. It is of smaller growth 
and blooms later than the parent, with cup- 
shapedpure-white flowers, prettily shaded with 
green upon the outer petals. The flower-stalks 
bear long hairs and a few faint brown streaks. 
Syn. A^. odorata maxima. 
N. tuberosaN^x. Richardsojii. — An American 
seedling with double pure-white flowers stand- 
j ing well out of the water; they are of finely 
i rounded petals, curving inwards, the outer row 
! and the sepals slightly drooping. Its subdued 
growth and distinct globe-shaped flowers make 
it one of the most distinct of white Water- 
Lilies. Syn. N. tuberosa plena. 
N. tuberosa var. rosea. — A new variety and 
a supposed natural cross with the rosy Cape 
Cod Water-Lily. It is nearly as vigorous as 
its parent, with large pink flowers rising above 
