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in large ponds. There are several very pretty varieties of 
some of the foregoing species. For example, plenissima is a 
large double white form of N. alba ; maxima, a large single- 
flowered, and minor, a small-flowered variety of it. Then, 
again, rosea or rubra, pink ; sulphurea, sulphur ; grandiflora, 
yellow ; caroliniana, rosy-pink ; alba candidissima, white ; lu- 
ciana, rose-pink ; and superba, a large-flowered kind, are 
charming varieties of N. odorata, all worthy of cultivation. 
Helveola is a sulphur-yellow form of N. pygmasa ; and rosea 
a pretty pink variety of N. tuberosa. Beautiful as the fore- 
going kinds are, they are far surpassed in the exquisite beauty 
of their colouring by the Marliac strain of Hybrid Water Lilies. 
A large mass of these rose, pink, carmine, vermilion-yellow and 
white-coloured lilies in a setting of green, bronze, and crimson- 
tinted foliage is a ravishingly beautiful sight to behold. The 
best of this lovely strain are N. Marliaceae albida, white, golden 
anthers ; N. M. carnea, pink and white, golden anthers ; N. M. 
chromatella, soft primrose suffused rose, golden anthers ; N. M. 
flammea, rose and carmine ; N. M. ignea, rose and orange-red ; 
N. M. rosea, rose-pink, yellow anthers. The foregoing are 
sweetly scented, very free flowering, and have handsomely 
tinted foliage. Another lovely group of Hybrid Water Lilies 
is the Laydekeri. The best of these are N. L. lilacea, blush- 
pink changing to rosy-crimson, a dainty kind for small ponds 
or sunk tubs; N. L. fulgens, crimson-magenta; N. L. lucida, 
vermilion with orange stamens ; N. L. purpurata, rosy-crimson, 
orange-red stamens ; and N. L. rosea, carmine. Then there 
are several other Hybrid Water Lilies of great beauty that we 
must not omit to mention. There are sanguinea, deep crimson, 
orange-red stamens ; robinsoniana, violet-purple, shaded red ; 
gloriosa, bright red, with white tips and red stamens ; ellisiana, 
carmine-purple ; andreana, red and yellow, orange stamens ; 
blanda, white ; and Aurora, flowers varying from rosy-yellow 
to deep red. Nearly all the species and hybrids mentioned 
possess a delightful vanilla or rose-like fragrance. 
There is always a charm about plants growing in water, 
and about the Water Lilies especially. All owners of ponds 
or streams, lakes, etc., wish to grow them, and even those 
who can only lay claim to tubs or tanks of water try their 
hand at their culture. And all may succeed. They are 
gross feeders, and delight in a rich, heavy soil, mixed with 
about one-third its bulk of manure, freed from straw. For 
each plant a mound, with its apex from one to two feet below 
water level, should be made with soil of this nature, and in 
this the plant should be placed, burying the roots and allowing 
the crown to just peep through the top of the soil. This., of 
course, is only possible when the water can be drawn off or 
