. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. Fl ?ri"" SCENTED WATER-LILY. PIaitH^ly htanehitl; ttttt'fs tii»g-f.'lii>lftt, oilniHKtt, iihliii^ at afiev, dcfpiv hfiirl ihapfti at />itM- with ,i iiiirum tfpjts/iiiii : priiitf many, :ihilt: Kiaili'it; into ^\; slanhm tmiiii: " I'loaliti^; watirr-lilics, hroiul and wliiti', Wlliili tit \hv luk that ovitIiuiik Uit i(l;;i' Willi tiKiDlili^^lit liealiis of tlli-ir own watiTv HkIiI.' Ql'. bcaulilul is liryaiit's [licturc of tlusc su]K'rb flowers: " To-nut
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. Fl ?ri"" SCENTED WATER-LILY. PIaitH^ly htanehitl; ttttt'fs tii»g-f.'lii>lftt, oilniHKtt, iihliii^ at afiev, dcfpiv hfiirl ihapfti at />itM- with ,i iiiirum tfpjts/iiiii : priiitf many, :ihilt: Kiaili'it; into ^\; slanhm tmiiii: " I'loaliti^; watirr-lilics, hroiul and wliiti', Wlliili tit \hv luk that ovitIiuiik Uit i(l;;i' Willi tiKiDlili^^lit liealiis of tlli-ir own watiTv HkIiI.' Ql'. bcaulilul is liryaiit's [licturc of tlusc su]K'rb flowers: " To-nutrrow tioiin How jtnmiily will tlu* watt-r-lily ride Till' hriiiuiiiiiy pool, ii'irUKikin^, like a (iiiccn, Iltr circk* itf l»roa(! ; We coiiW hnve no more faithful description of tlic Water-lily al home, her many white petals guarding tlie golden heart of the flowers, resting lightly on the still water, surrounded liy the flat green leaf-pads. This is one flower which we can vaunt as having iierfuiue, while its ICnropi'an sister has none. Castalia .Mba, nuich like oiir Odorata in other respects, is iiHxlorous. There is a handsome variety of our coiunion white-flowered species that has petals of a delicate lilnishpink or even of a deep rosy red color. .\ Florida .species has bright yellow flowers. Castalia Odorata is a common plant of North America, in its higher latitudes. Southward it seems to disappear in the interior, but is frequent along the coast. The delicate perfume that makes the Water-lily so attractive is in the southern form. The time of flowering is from June to the doseof snnuner. The many-rowed jietals unfold one by one as the risi"g sun reddens the surface of ])ond or stream, closing as he begins his journey through the western sky to sink to a new da\.. YELLOW POND-LILY. PLATE 356. NYMPH/EA (NUPHAR) ADVENA. (WATER-LILY FAMILY.) Smixttk aifuatic: nh>titiHi tU^t, tAnitn^tt: tfuii-s thnli, u. pntuHiled; Sffitxis Uiually n
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