. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 868 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. lakes, they are not then entirely free from casual mishaps. For instance, in a season of long-continued drought the water may sink to an abnormally low depth, and in receding from the plants leave their crowns exposed above its surface to endure an un- congenial element and its consequences. We recall one case where, after several of the choicer kinds had become fairly established, they were discovered unexpectedly removed from their allotted stations and floating promiscuously in the lake,
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 868 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. lakes, they are not then entirely free from casual mishaps. For instance, in a season of long-continued drought the water may sink to an abnormally low depth, and in receding from the plants leave their crowns exposed above its surface to endure an un- congenial element and its consequences. We recall one case where, after several of the choicer kinds had become fairly established, they were discovered unexpectedly removed from their allotted stations and floating promiscuously in the lake, which depredation had been the work of some mischievous swans. Interest is now evidently being more generally taken in acquiring some of the rarer kinds of Nymphaeas in places having facilities for growing them, and where the commonly-. FiG. 578.—Xymph^a alba. known white -A\ alba (Fig. 578) has hitherto been perhaps the sole representative of the genus. It must not be imagined, however, that the new introductions, notwithstanding their varied charms, will ever be likely to entirely usurp the places of this old native favourite. Where the familiar white Water Lilies abound they present, during their season of flowering, as delightful a spectacle as it is possible to imagine in connection with rural scenery, more particularly in sheltered places. Beyond where steamboats churn the river stream, these are to be found helping materially to impart to their surroundings the appearance of reposeful seclusion that is so great a charm to frequenters of the riverside. There are not a few to whom some of these scenes are familiar, and who have felt delight in viewing closely the floating flowers expanding their broad and spotless petals to the sun. To careless minds they seem to roam Abroad upon the river ; In all their movements chained to home, Fast rooted there for ever. Such scenes are emphatically worthy of the pains of preserving, and in the not very distant future it may be cons
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