Gray. 
Nat. Ord. Nympiueacje. 
Nymphcea Odorata. 
“ Rocked gently there the beautiful Nymphtea 
Pillows her bright head.” 
Calender of Flowers. 
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OND-LILY is the popular name by which this beautiful 
aquatic plant is known, nor can we find it in our hearts 
to reject the name of Lily for this ornament of our lakes. 
The White Nymphiea might indeed be termed “ Queen 
of the Lakes,” for truly she sits in regal pride upon her watery throne, 
a very queen among flowers. 
Yery lovely are the Water Lilies of England, but their fair 
sisters of the New World excel them in size and fragrance. 
Many of the tribe to which these plants belong are natives of 
the torrid zone, but our White Pond-Lily (Nymphcea odorata ,) and 
the Yellow (Nuphar ddvena ,) and Nuphar Kalmiana only, are able to 
support the cold winter of Canada. The depth of the water in 
which they grow enables them to withstand the cold, the frost 
rarely penetrating to their roots, which are rough and knotted, and 
often as thick as a man’s wrist; white and fleshy. The root-stock 
is horizontal, sending down fibrous slender rootlets into the soft 
