One of the finest water-lilies I could recommend. Blooms as large as soup plates, seeming to attain perfect form for everybody. Free blooming. Flowers are uniform vermilion, with garnet, yellow-tipped stamens. Escarboucle contrasts beautifully with practically every other water-lily. Or, given an end of the pond or a whole pond to itself, it turns the water surface into a fiery mass. Blooms deepen in a few days to dark wine-crimson. Extensive or medium grower, depending on how much space you give it.

Small, star-shaped blooms of red streaked with white. A variety without much popularity.

Small, full-blown, with rose-colored blossoms splashed heavily with white.

-Another of the very good odorata varieties. Iridescent, rose-pink blooms, 7 to 8 inches in diameter, which ride prettily upon the water when there is room. Crowded, the flowers attain only medium size, and stand well out of the water. Blossoms are semi-double and star-shaped, with long, pointed, incurved petals. Golden stamens. A vigorous grower, and very fragrant.

A fine variety, with big, rich-pink blooms which open wide. Mahogany stamens. Flowers appear in early summer and continue until frost.

-The native Finnish species, seldom cultivated because it thrives only in very cold, spring-fed ponds-conditions under which few other water-lilies can survive. It is small, pure white or rosy in the true species type, with strongly curved petals and yellow stamens.

-Small but interesting, and aptly named. Bloom is deep pink, opens wide, as if to show off the unique stamens, fiery red at the tips. Becomes deep red with age. An odorata variety, with a fine fragrance.

Small, star-shaped yellow with a cluster of deeper yellow stamens. Crows from Florida through the southern states to Texas and Mexico. The egg-shaped leaves are dark purple underneath, deep green splotched with brown above. Frequently referred to as "the yellow Florida water-lily" or "the Florida species." Some botanists do not consider N. flava a species, but an offshoot of N. mexicana which has developed regional characteristics in Florida. Leaves of the species growing in Mexico are rounder, much thicker, and have less purple. There is little difference in the blooms.

Big flowers of delicate, pastel pink with cerise overtones, offset by a huge cluster of yellow stamens. Becomes deeper pink with age. Bursts into bloom soon after planting and continues to blossom well over a long period. Foliage pale green.

-Small flowers, and many of them, of a blood-red hue. Fine for tubs.

Small, thin, copper-red blooms spotted with sulfur yellow. Becomes deeper red with age. Sepals are yellow with a purplish stain. Difficult to grow, and hardly worth the effort.

Soft, rose-colored blooms spattered with white. Becomes fairly large. Foliage is deep green with bold purple markings.

-One of the biggest hardy water-lilies we cultivate. Recommended as one of the best of a11 hardies for medium-to-large ponds. Waxy, pure-white blooms 6 to 8 inches in diameter. With clusters of golden stamens, blooms contrast handsomely with the dark-green foliage. Both flowers and foliage stand above the water, and both are excellent for cutting.