. Choice stove and greenhouse flowering plants, comprising descriptions of upwards of thirteen hundred species and varieties, ... Greenhouses; Plants, Cultivated. 184 STOVE PLAklS, the second evening the petals have undergone a complete change in colour, and the fragrance is gone altogether. The flowers now reflex so that the points of the petals nearly touch the water, and are rich rosy pink, forming a heautiful coronet. Towards morning the flower closes, and in the course of the day skiks below the surface of the water to ripen its seed. Only one flower, as a rule, is open at one time on thi
. Choice stove and greenhouse flowering plants, comprising descriptions of upwards of thirteen hundred species and varieties, ... Greenhouses; Plants, Cultivated. 184 STOVE PLAklS, the second evening the petals have undergone a complete change in colour, and the fragrance is gone altogether. The flowers now reflex so that the points of the petals nearly touch the water, and are rich rosy pink, forming a heautiful coronet. Towards morning the flower closes, and in the course of the day skiks below the surface of the water to ripen its seed. Only one flower, as a rule, is open at one time on this plant, but, if in vigorous health, there will not be more than one evening's interval, and not always that, and we have seen, though very rarely, two flowers open together, one in the first and the other in its second stage ; when seen thus it is grand in the extreme, and would repay even double the trouble it causes. This noble and gigantic Water Lily was found by Sir E. Schomburgk, in the year 1826 or 1827, growing in the tributaries of the Amazon Kiver; in this country it has almost always proved of only annual duration, though one or two instances are on record of its living two years. The temperature of the water it is growing in should never fall below 80°, and in the day-time should rise to about 85°; the atmosphere of the house about 75° to 80° by day, and 68" at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Williams, Benjamin Samuel, 1822-1890. London, Published and sold by the author
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