PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Scirpus-lacustris. 
“ fiuviatilis. Thalia Divaricata. 
Cyperus alternifolius. Eichornia azurea. 
Musa. Nym. odor. Sulphurea. 
Nelumbium speciosum. 
Eulalia Zebrina. 
Sagittaria Montevidiensis 
Acorus Calamus. 
Nym. Devoniensis in bloom. 
NO. 3. — NYMPH^A LAKE, LOOKING SOUTH-WEST. 
short time it takes to create de- 
sirable conditions, no community, 
however limited in numbers, 
should delay another season the 
work of improvement. The 
change in appearances after a little 
care; the actual transformation, 
after a few seasons of persistent 
organized effort, should be an in- 
centive not to be diverted to any 
other channel by other issues. An 
attractive cemetery in any place 
is a sign of the intelligence of the 
people, and it affords an intense 
gratification to realize that one 
can visit the cemeterv at will 
knowing that it will be profitable 
mentally and physically to do so. 
One has only to think seri- 
ously for a moment to realize to 
how great an extent a well-kept 
cemetery contributes to the gen- 
eral good. 
WATER LILIES AND OTHER AQUATIC PLANTS, III. 
This is a progressive age, and people are accustomed 
to see and look for something new and novel, and florists 
alive to this fact, are using energetic means to gratify 
the public, and any one interested in flowers will, on re- 
ciept of a new catalogue, turn to the novelty pages and 
scan the list of new things. Amongst them are to be 
found some aquatic novelties. 
I am familiar with the followinc having given some 
of them a trial for three years. Amongst Nelumbiums, 
JV. Pekinensis ruhrit7n, now offered for the first time in 
the United States, is the darkest flower amongst them 
all. It is several shades deeper than N. rosea, and equally 
as free and robust in habit. 
N. Pygmea Alba is a pygmea amongst Nelumbiums. 
It would make a fine border to a large clump, or a 
delicate group by itself, or can be grown in a tub, but 
better planted out. The flowers are white, somewhat 
1 ke a large tulip, leaves fifteen to eighteen inches 
high. 
N. Shiroman, though not new, i.s still quite rare, and 
its bold, massive flowers and giant proportions, render 
it so superb a variety that it is not out of place in the 
novelty list. This and N. Pekinensis rubrum require 
no other treatment than is usually given to N. Speciosum. 
Amongst Nymphsas are to be found three of ex- 
ceptional merit. These are of American origin, per- 
fectly hardy, and can be grown under such conditions 
that other hardy varieties flourish. N. Wm. Falconer 
is the most superb water lily known to cultivators. The 
color, intense bright garnet, dazzling in the sunlight 
like a ruby, a gem amongst water lilies. Flowers 6 lo 
7 inches across. 
N. James Gurney. A brilliant dark rose of peculiar 
texture, q.nd distinct. 
N. Wm. Doogue. A massive cup-shaped flower, 
petals very broad, a pleasing shell pink color, sepals 
royal pink. 
Two or three French hybrids, hardy, are also 
NELUMBIUMS. 
