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Nuphar Advena. 
(SPATTER DOCK.) 
And there the bright Nymphasa loves to lave, 
And spreads her golden orbs along the dimpling wave. 
HE Yellow Pond Lily is often found growing in extensive 
beds, mingled with the White, and though it is less 
graceful in form, there is yet much to admire in its rich 
orange-coloured flowers, which appear at a little distance 
like balls of gold floating on the still waters. The large hollow 
petal-like sepals that surround the flower, are finely clouded with 
dark red on the outer side, but of a deep yellow orange within, as 
also are the strap-like petals and stamens: the stigma, or summit of 
the pistil, is flat, and 12-24 rayed. The leaves are dark-green, 
scarcely so large as those of the White Lily, floating on long thick 
fleshy stalks, flattened on the inner side, and rounded without. 
The botanical name Kuphar is derived, says Gray, from the Arabic 
word Neufar , signifying Pond Lily. 
Our Artist has closely followed nature’s own arrangements by 
grouping these beautiful water plants together. 
