. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. NYMl'H^A 1107 37. Var. gigantea, Hort. Rice-field Water-lily. Lvs. large, 12-16 in. across, green beneath, at times tinged purplish toward margin; edge often turned up; petioles green: fls. 4-7 in. across, pure white; sepals green; petals 24-31; stamens 69-120. Del. to Fla. and La. Approaches N. tnbero
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. NYMl'H^A 1107 37. Var. gigantea, Hort. Rice-field Water-lily. Lvs. large, 12-16 in. across, green beneath, at times tinged purplish toward margin; edge often turned up; petioles green: fls. 4-7 in. across, pure white; sepals green; petals 24-31; stamens 69-120. Del. to Fla. and La. Approaches N. tnberosa. Gaeden Varieties of the N. odorata Type. 38. Carolinidna, Hort. (var. Carolinensis = var. superba=^N. tuberosa, var. superba). Lvs. entire, 12 in. across, sinus barely closed; green above, red beneath: tls. fragrant, 7 in. across; petals narrow, abundant (42?), delicate rosy pink: rhizome stout. A robust plant, raised by Dr. Bahnsen. Salem, N. C, about 1890. Probably N. odorata, var. rosea X N. tuberosa.—39. ZfUcidna. Hook. Like 38 in habit, etc., fls. rosy pink.—40. exqid- slta, Marliac. Lvs. green above, intense red beneath: fls. large, rosy carmine, darkest of this group; very near to 36. Intro- duced about 1890.—41. rosacea, Marliac. Fls. salmon pink, more delicate in tint than 36. Int. by Marliac in 1891. 42. Parkeriana, Lehm. Habit and foliage of 34: fls. large, pure white with bright yellow stamens and 16-20- rayed stigma; petals broader and shorter than 34 Guiana. 43. tuberdsa, Paine(JV. ?'em/"(Jr7wzs,Walt. (Gray) N. hlanda of gardens?). Fig. 1501. Distinguished from No. 34 chiefly by the numerous slenderly attached and spontane- ously separating tubers, 1-3 in. long on the rhizome. Lvs. when floating less coriaceous than in 34, and more veiny above; petioles marked with longitudinal brown stripes ; no purple or red color about lvs. or sepals: fls. 4-9 in. across, pure white, open three or four days from 8 a. m. to 1 p. M.; petals broad, concave: seeds th
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