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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
N. lucida , of which I have only had a few flowers, is a clear 
pale pink, deepening with age to rose colour: it is a marked 
improvement, I think, upon N. Laydekeri rosea. 
N. sanguinea .—This is one of the choicest of the new 
varieties, and is thus far very scarce : the colour is a deep blood- 
red, the flowers are large and the petals broad ; it is one of the 
deepest-coloured varieties in cultivation. I have only had a few 
flowers upon my plant, which is of moderate growth. 
N. gloriosa is w T ell described by its name, as it is without 
doubt one of the very best of all the Marliac hybrids : in point 
of size it equals N. Mar. albida, whilst in colour it is a dark 
purplish red. Our plant has flowered fairly well, but it lacks 
vigour as yet; I hope another year I shall obtain flowers quite 
eight inches across. It is a vigorous grower. 
N. Laydekcri rosea is one of the best known of the hybrids 
raised by M. Latour-Marliac. It is of medium growth, flowering 
most profusely, the colour being a soft rosy-pink, opening fre¬ 
quently almost white, but deepening in tint day by day. It 
continues to flower over a prolonged period. In growth it is 
disposed to keep to one stem, making but few offsets. 
N. Laydekeri lilacea is a counterpart to all appearance of 
N. Lay. rosea except in colour, which is a clear rosy-lilac: its 
first flowers of this year opened late in June. 
N.fulgens. —Another richly coloured hybrid, which I have not 
yet flowered to any extent; the colour is a purplish-rose. I 
have learnt from those who have flowered it freely that it is a 
grand Lily. 
N.jpygmcea helvola is the smallest Water-lily in our collection: 
it is quite a miniature in foliage and flower; the colour of the 
leaves is a bronzy green with darker markings, and that of the 
flowers a pale sulphur yellow. It is quite a gem. 
N.odorata rosacea. —This and the following have larger flowers 
than the type : the colour is soft rose, paler towards the tips of 
the petals. 
N. odorata exquisita. —In this variety the colour is a deeper 
rose, suffused with carmine. This and the preceding are quite 
gems in their way, being in addition sweetly scented. They are 
both moderate growers, flowering well when established, notably 
so this past season. 
N. Bobinsoni is a superb Lily of very close, compact growth, 
