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| The Hardy Water-Lilies |
N. aurora - Marliac. Semidwarf blooms open creamy yellow, become
orange next day, and finally deepen to dark red. Foliage, also miniature, prettily mottled with maroon. Excellent tub flower.
Baroness Orczy - Marliac. A pretty, rose-pink, cup-shaped variety,
not too long in cultivation. Medium spreading habits make it good for
the average pool.
Bory de Saint Vincent - Marliac. Another of the newer reds, not yet
under cultivation on a popular scale in the United States.
N. Brakleyii rosea - Fragrant blooms of dusky rose-pink, held just
above the water surface. Medium grower.
N. Candida - The native Bohemian species. Small, odorless, white
flowers, with sepals tinged with green. The uniformity of color is attractively broken by a bright-red stigma.
Solid-green foliage. Requires little pool space.
biradiate - Similar to above, with the blood-red star at end of stigma
more pronounced.
neglecta - Very like species type. (Both N. neglecta and biradiate are
inferior varieties, not recommended.)
N. Carisbrookii - Small, fragrant blooms of a delicate shade of rose,
hardy enough for a pool, but more often grown in tubs.
N. caroliniana - Probably an accidental hybrid of N. odorata rosea
(the Cape Cod Pond Lily) and N. tuberose Has the sweet fragrance,
delicate rosy-pink color, and yellow stamens of the former; the robust
habit of the latter.
nivea - Marliac. Large, white, quite fragrant flowers and pale-green
foliage. An enlarged version of N. odorata, although foliage is
concentrated enough for small pools
perfecto - Marliac. Similar to above, including scent, but plant
spreads more and blooms are salmon-pink.
rosea - Marliac. Similar to above in scent and growth, but bloom is
more perfectly formed and of deeper color.
Charles de Meurville - Marliac. A robust variety, capable of taking
over its end of the pool. Flowers the color of good Burgundy wine, often
attaining diameters of 10 inches.
N. chrysantha - Marliac. Small, reddish-yellow blooms which deepen
with age to cinnabar-red. Flowers freely within a small space.
Generally considered one of Marliac's lesser efforts and not widely cultivated.
N. colossea - Marliac. Huge flesh-colored blooms, among the first to
show in spring and continuing bountifully until frost. Extensive grower.
Comanche - Marliac. The largest and, many gardeners think, the finest of the Changeables. Bloom opens a warm shade of rose overlaid with
apricot, becomes darker and more vivid day by day, and finally turns
to a glowing amber color with a heart of fire. Foliage is purple, passing
to olive-green flecked with yellow as flower ages. Plant thrives lustily
in any reasonable location. One of the first to bloom in spring, it continues until frost. Listed as a yellow, a Changeable, and as a Sunset
Shade.
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