PARK AND 
Water Lilies. — Nymphaea Superba. 
The hardy water lily, Nymphaia Superba, is a 
garden hybrid, and originated with a most enthus- 
iastic fish culturist. Speaking of his experience 
with this splendid water plant, Mr. Geo. B. Mould- 
er, of Smith’s Grove, Ky., says: 
‘‘Never before has any Water Lily advanced so 
decidedly towards perfection, as it comprises not 
only the good qualities of both its parents, but 
a great amount of excellence peculiarly its own. I 
first saw it growing in 1891, in the pond of the 
originator. Having had long experience with aquat- 
ics, I was at once impressed with the belief that it 
was a new and valuable acquisition, and now, after 
four years of rigid test, I have found it even supe- 
rior to what was at first claimed for it, proving not 
only the champion in size, but also in vigor, beauty 
and freedom of all hardy Nymphaeas, the leaves not 
uncommonly growing 23 inches in diameter, while 
we have often measured flowers that were 12 inches 
from tip to tip. The petals are long, narrow and 
pointed, of the purest snow white, and open well 
back, displaying with striking effect the myriads of 
long, golden-yellow stamens which dance around the 
center of the flower. As age advances the stamens 
change to brown, and finally to almost black, giving 
the flower quite a different appearance from those 
just opening. The leaves on the upper side are 
rich tan green and underneath light maroon. When 
they float on the water their edges turn up after the 
manner of the Victorias, but where the plants are 
allowed to assume a natural growth, becoming 
somewhat crowded, both leaves and flowers rise up 
on stiff, rank stalks a foot or more above the water. 
This unique habit adds wonderfully to the majestic 
appearance of the plant, and pre-eminently charac- 
ierizes it from all other Water Lilies. In vigor it 
excells all other varieties in cultivation. It is 
amphibious, so to speak, luxuriating regardless of 
drouth or floods. The past summer, we had some 
plants growing in a tank where, during the drouth 
of June and July, the water became very low, in 
places, exposing the roots. I’he first of August a 
heavy rain filled the tank, completely submerging 
the Lilies under six feet of water, and,Ho our great 
suprise, in less than three days both leaves and 
flowers were on the surface, fresh and vigorous as 
ever. It does fairly well in tubs, but is pre-emin- 
ently a pond plant. No water Lily will flourish in 
swift water, but this is excellent for coves and slow 
streams. For absorbing malarial poisons, so far it 
has proved one of the best, if not the very best. 
The originator declares that there has been no form 
of malaria in his neighborhood since the advent of 
N. Superba, though previously such diseases were 
common, and his neighbors had occasion to com- 
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plain of his pond as the source of these troubles. 
Many other testimonials equally forcible confirm 
the truth of this statement, and if the plant had no 
other virtues, it is worth its cost to experiment 
with in that particular, especially in pond-afflicted 
districts. In fish culture it has already proved in- 
valuable and each new experiment confirms 
every claim, and brightens its record. Taken alto- 
gether, it is the largest, most useful and desirable 
Water Lily in existence, and should be in every 
park, stream, pond and mud-hole in America.” 
Hunnish Cemetery at Cziko. 
At Cziko, in the comitat of Tolna, a little on 
the western bank of the Danube, some seventy 
miles south of Buda Pesth, and at the eastern ex- 
tremity of that district known to the Romans as 
Pannonia, there was discovered something over a 
year ago by the garish priestof Apar, Deacon Mor- 
itz Wosinsky, some five hundred graves, forming a 
burying ground of the much dreaded Huns, who, 
about the middle of the fifth century, overran 
Europe under their great leader, Attila, The little 
graveyard is situated in a beautiful spot where two 
valleys meet; and runs up the slope of a hill to a 
deep cleft, which separates the consecrated ground 
from the surrounding fields, Owing, evidently, to 
the warlike character of this once obscure tribe, who 
by the way, are said to have first crossed the banks 
of the Tanais, the boundary of their ancient Sarma- 
tia, in pursuit of an ox stung by a gad fly, by far 
the greater number of the skeletons are those of 
women, children and the aged. In some cases man 
and wife lie close together in the same grave, in 
others a mother lies with her child across her breast; 
in all cases without coffins, their heads pointing to 
the west, their feet to the east. The horses when 
found, lie in an opposite direction, saddled and 
fully equipped. Beside the men are usually found 
knives, arrow heads, three edged javelins, lance 
points and axes. Their belts are mounted in silver 
and bronze, very beautifully decorated. Very often 
coins of the fourth century are found in the left 
hands, with flints (silex and jasper) and steel. The 
women’s love of personal adornment is amply testi- 
fied by the ear rings, often as large as bracelets, hat 
ornaments, fibulm and bracelets of gold and silver, 
amber, bronze and glass, found in their graves; as 
also small knives, spindle whorls (“spinnwirtel”), 
and eating vessels ornamented by wavy lines. Eggs 
have also been found, in many cases having their 
shells still unbroken. Among the most interesting 
discoveries have been styles similar to those used 
by the Romans for writing on wax tablets, showing 
the Huns to have been less barbarous than usually 
supposed. In one instance, even, a lady (probably 
