N. amazonum-Central and South American species, poor for horticulture but interesting. Flowers are large, dirty-yellow white with a strong, pleasant odor of sliced peaches. Blooms open only twice, spreading their petals in early evening and not attaining full size until shortly before sunrise. Blooms submerge when closed.

goudotiana-A sort of bearded variety of the species with long hairs at the top of the stalk.

N. Arnoldiana-Medium-sized blooms of rose-carmine.

B. C.

Midnight. Abundant deep rich purple flowers, small, with a few large petals toward the center. Small leaves.

BERRY-Hybrid similar to James Gurney. Flowers shallow and 8 to 9 inches across, amaranth-purple, lighter toward base of petals. Leaves dark green, scarcely mottled, indented at margin.

N. Bissetii-An old favorite. Huge, cup-shaped, 8- to lO-inch blooms with very wide petals of delicate pink. Foliage green, With orange-bronze overcast. Very free flowering.

N. blanda-SmaIl-blooming species, wild in Central and South America and Jamaica. Blooms are thin and yeI1owish-white, hardly worth cultivating.

fenzliana-As unattractive as the species type, slightly larger.

N. columbiana-Good for contrast with lighter shades. Blooms are dark red.

N. Deaniana-Pretty, old-fashioned water-lily with cup-shaped blooms of clear pink with yellow stamens.

N. delicatissima-Pale-pink blooms and dark metallic foliage.

N. dentata-Central and west African species, may be a variety of N. lotus. Large, white, narrow-petaled flowers, sometimes 15 inches wide, with golden stamens red at base. Foliage green and quite toothed.

grandiflora-Even larger blooms, white, with stamens brown at base.

superba-Known commercially as Juno, one of the world's best. Huge, pure-white blooms with very wide petals that give a chalice shape. Sepals green with faint greenish-white streaks. Stamens pure saffron-yellow. The only N. dentata hybrid of glistening white, which sets the Rower apart, the others having some discoloration at the base of the stamens. Leaves are large, deep green, and finely toothed.

-One of the oldest and choicest night bloomers, bearing as many as ten huge, blight-red flowers at one time. Beautiful under artificial light. Fine for lakes and ponds, for a single plant will easily cover 200 square feet or more in one season.
-Gurney. Striking new variety, large, amaranth-red with curving petals and classic cup-shape. Foliage smaller than that of most tropicals, bronzy green, different enough to be quite noticeable.

-Gurney. One of the most popular night bloomers, "a man's water-lily," with huge deep-crimson blooms that seem to glow. Red-brown stamens. Easy to propagate, but shy on bloom.

N. Gardneriana-Small-flowering South American species with blooms of an unattractive red and red-brown stamens.

-Beautiful brilliant red, 12 inches across in ideal conditions. Velvety texture shows up well under artificial light. Thought to be a seedling of N. Omarana with N. rubra rosea as the pollen parent. Reddish-bronze foliage with crimped edges.

N. Gibertii-Small-flowering species which grows wild in Paraguay, 2- to 3-inch white blooms faintly marked with purple lines.